Robinson Helicopter Company R44 II accident near Miami, TX
On May 23, 2025, a Robinson Helicopter Company R44 II (helicopter) was involved in an accident near Miami, TX. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- May 23, 2025
- Place
- Miami, TX
- Aircraft
- Robinson Helicopter Company R44 II · Helicopter
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 35.749°N, 100.750°W
- NTSB ID
- 20250523200194
NTSB summary
On May 23, 2025, about 0718 central daylight time, a Robinson Helicopter Company R44 II helicopter, N1195P, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Miami, Texas. The student pilot was fatally injured. The helicopter was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The student pilot reportedly planned to fly his helicopter from his home in Miami, Texas, to a personal appointment in Amarillo, Texas, on the morning of the accident. The pilot departed about 0711 and proceeded southwest. The person who the pilot was meeting in Amarillo stated that the pilot called him at 0712 while en route. The pilot told him that he was concerned about the fog. The conversation lasted about 4 minutes until he told the pilot to hang up so he could focus on flying. A local R44 pilot stated that he had cancelled his personal flight on the morning of the accident in Canadian, Texas, about 20 nm northeast of the accident site, due to low clouds and fog. A witness near the accident site stated that he was outside when he heard the helicopter approaching from the east. The weather conditions were foggy with low clouds and mist. He could not determine the exact altitude of the cloud layer because the fog was so low. Due to the fog and low clouds, he could not discern the color of the helicopter, and it just looked like a dark silhouette, but it was flying very low and appeared to be having trouble maintaining control. The helicopter was flying west when it descended below the terrain in a small valley, then climbed up with the nose low and appeared to clim
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
