What tools are available to help helicopter pilots avoid inadvertent IMC?
We look at what weather-reporting tools are available to predict and identify instrument meteorological conditions. By Ed Brotak | May 25, 2021 Estimated reading time 11 minutes, 17 seconds. Inadvertent or unintentional flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) continues to be a significant cause of fatal helicopter accidents. The crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight others in January 2020 took place after their helicopter entered clouds during a visual flight rules (VFR) flight. According to the National Transportation Safety Board’s final report on the crash, the pilo...