"Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com wrote:
"Jim Logajan" wrote in message
.. .
I wonder if the feds will or can use this video as evidence against the
pilot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nm8pNgqBAk


HOLY CRAP! That is an amazing piece of video there.

Controlled flight into terrain isn't (alas) uncommon - but videos of close
calls like that do appear to be unusual.

I once searched the NTSB database for helicopter accidents having 2 or more
fatalities over a few years time and saw that a depressingly large fraction
appeareed to be due to emergency medical helicopters flying into terrain at
night or VFR into IMC.