The five-member board unanimously recommended that charter helicopter pilots get more simulator and scenario-based training in the flying phenomenon known as spatial disorientation. In the days after the crash, NTSB board member Jennifer Homendy blasted the FAA for not enacting an earlier NTSB recommendation requiring this type of helicopter carry a Helicopter Terrain Awareness and Warning System. All 9 people on board perishedThe helicopter crashed into hilly terrain in foggy conditions in Calabasas. During the trip, the the pilot appeared to become disoriented in fog, the documents released last year by the NTSB show. In a February 2020 update from the NTSB on the crash investigation, the board said there was no evidence of engine failure.