Date:	Monday 12 December 1988
Time:	21:15
Type:	Aérospatiale AS 350B
Owner/operator:	Broward Co Sheriff's Office
Registration:	N152BC
MSN:	1968
Year of manufacture:	1987
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Everglades, Okeelanta, FL -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	Fort Lauderdale, FL (FXE/KFXE)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Written off (damaged beyond repair) December 12 1988 when crashed into the Everglades near Okeelanta, Palm Beach County, Florida, near coordinates 26°36.6'N ,80°86.6'W. Aircraft sank into the water, but the two crew (pilot and passenger) escaped. According to the following contemporary press report:

"Crash Strands 2 Officers Everglades Wreck Critically Injures Undercover Deputy

A critically injured undercover officer and a scratched-up pilot were marooned in the Everglades for three hours after their helicopter crashed late Monday night because no one noticed they were missing.

The Broward Sheriff`s Office pilot, Norman Skar, 34, may have had trouble flying in the dense fog that accompanied a cold front that hit Monday night as the helicopter took part in an operation aimed at airborne drug smugglers, officials said."

1. NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001213X27465&key=1
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=152BC
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://coptercrazy.brinkster.net/search/se350show.asp?start=951&count=50]
4. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=11566
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okeelanta,_Florida
6. http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-12-14/news/8803110972_1_helicopter-drug-smugglers-pilot

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
30-Jun-2014 19:53	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
21-Dec-2016 19:25	ASN Update Bot	Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency, ]
30-May-2023 08:00	Ron Averes	Updated