Twilight Zone accident

Twilight Zone helicopter accident

Director John Landis (center) and others on trial in 1986
Accident
Date	July 23, 1982
Summary	Loss of control after tail rotor failure caused by pyrotechnics
Site	Indian Dunes, Valencia, California, U.S. 34°25′07″N 118°37′56″W / 34.41861°N 118.63222°W / 34.41861; -118.63222
Total fatalities	3 (on ground, including Vic Morrow)
Total injuries	6
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Bell UH-1B Iroquois
Operator	Western Helicopters Inc.
Registration	N87701[1]
Occupants	6
Passengers	5
Crew	1
Fatalities	0
Injuries	6
Survivors	6 (all onboard the helicopter)
Ground casualties
Ground fatalities	3

On July 23, 1982, a Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter crashed at Indian Dunes^[2] in Valencia, California, United States, during the making of Twilight Zone: The Movie. The crash killed actor Vic Morrow and child actors Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen, who were on the ground, and injured the six helicopter passengers. The incident led to years of civil and criminal action against the personnel overseeing the shoot, including director John Landis, and the introduction of new procedures and safety standards in the filmmaking industry.