Originally Posted by
India Four Two
When previously reading about this accident, I had assumed that the helipad at Black Rock was near sea level.
After careful reading of the Preliminary Report, I see that the Route Guidance map shows the pad elevation as 262’ and the adjacent lighthouse at 310’. What would induce them to fly at 200’ towards a landing site adjacent to an obstacle that was 110’ above them?
Blackrock was not their intended landing site!