NOUS55 KVEF 081556 CCA
OAVVEF
                        DATE: 755 AM PST THU DEC 8 2011
MEMORANDUM FOR:         THE RECORD
FROM:                   CHRIS STACHELSKI/WFO LAS VEGAS
SUBJECT:                AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT, NEAR LAKE MEAD, NV, 
                        12/08/11
EVENT:                  ACCIDENT INFO: A TOUR HELICOPTER DEPARTED MCCARRAN        
                        INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR THE HOOVER DAM AND WAS
                        SLATED TO RETURN TO MCCARRAN WHEN IT CRASHED 
                        NEAR LAKE MEAD NEAR A SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER 
                        AUTHORITY TREATMENT PLANT.   
                        PILOT NAME...SUNDANCE HELICOPTERS
                        ACFT TYPE...EUROCOPTER AS350
                        REG NMBR....UNKN
OFFICE:                 WFO VEF
DEATHS:                 5
INJURIES:               0
OBSERVATIONS:           MCCARRAN INTL AIRPORT
        METAR KLAS 080156Z 20008KT 10SM CLR 09/M12 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP201
             T00941117
        METAR KLAS 080056Z 21007KT 10SM CLR 11/M12 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP201
             T01061117
        METAR KLAS 072356Z 20004KT 10SM CLR 12/M12 A3012 RMK AO2 SLV204
             T01171122 10122 20072 56020
TAF:
               KLAS 072320Z 0800/0824 VRB03KT P6SM SKC
                    FM080300 21006KT P6SM SKC
                    FM081700 VRB03KT P6SM SCT250
FOXTROT:  WINDS ALOFT BASED ON KVEF SOUNDING 00Z/08
               7000 FT WND 030/10 KT
               12000 FT WND 270/13 KT
               14000 FT WND 280/15 KT
               16000 FT WND 300/11 KT
               18000 FT WND 250/10 KT
               20000 FT WND 220/07 KT
               25000 FT WND 130/04 KT
IN FLIGHT   
ADVISORIES:    NONE.
COMMENTS:      AWAITING ADDITIONAL DETAILS. WEATHER DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A       
               FACTOR.
SYSTEMS:       NONE.