[Scan-DC] PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE CAUSED MARYLAND STATE POLICE HELICOPTER CRASH IN MARYLAND, NTSB FINDS

[Cathy Drzyzgula]

Ok, I know there is really more to it, but the headline is hilarious:

PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE CAUSED MARYLAND STATE POLICE HELICOPTER
CRASH IN MARYLAND, NTSB FINDS Washington, DC

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STATE POLICE HELICOPTER CRASH IN MARYLAND, NTSB FINDS

National Transportation Safety Board 
Washington, DC 20594 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 27, 2009 
SB-09-59 
PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE CAUSED MARYLAND STATE POLICE
HELICOPTER CRASH IN MARYLAND, NTSB FINDS 
Washington, DC - The National Transportation Safety Board today
determined that the probable cause of the crash of a Maryland State
Police (MSP) helicopter emergency medical services flight was the pilot's
attempt to regain visual conditions by performing a rapid descent and his
failure to arrest the descent at the minimum descent altitude during a
nonprecision approach.