Helmet Fire:
The accident report was posted as it was considered to be germane to the thread initiated by Heliport and then commented by b.borg (in relation to the last paragraph of the story).
I for one do not understand why are you reluctant to consider the 2025 METAR from SKX - don't you consider it to be relevant? As SASLess has said, there is some information out there - why disregard it?
Few of us have a down on the equipment for NVIS - it is required when NVFR operations are being conducted under circumstances where there is adequate ambient lighting (for NVG operations) but without ground (lighting) cues; it is the human in the loop that we have to worry about - particularly if he/she is the only one in the helicopter.