Unfortunately, 4 people including a child, have died after an R44 helicopter crashed into a radio tower in Houston.

In this video, you can see the radio tower's strobe light flashing and the helicopter hitting the tower:

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2024/oct/21/texas-cctv-captures-moment-helicopter-collides-with-radio-tower-in-fatal-crash-video

Wow the R44 is probably the most crashed helicopter at this point, mostly due to inexperience and flying into conditions beyond their capability. They are produced in high numbers and not as expensive to operate. I’d question his level of night flying experience 

It certainly seems that there are a good number of R44 crashes.  Based on the video, I'd say this one, like so many aerial disasters, was due to pilot error or lack of experience.

In this photo taken from Google Maps you can see the radio tower hit by the helicopter.

If I believe that a helicopter pilot, especially on a night VFR flight, should document before the flight any obstacles that, especially in large cities, may be on the route and not fly below these altitudes, I wonder referring to the photo of the radio tower about 1000 feet high if, in addition to the strobe light that can be seen flashing in the video, the ropes that support this tower and that take up a lot of space around the tower itself should also have been adequately signaled.

 

https://www.google.it/maps/@29.7570831,-95.3373002,3a,85.7y,284.8h,127.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sa1dydQxo-qCbkoGsEWjLpw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205409 &entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAxNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Yeah, sad and came as a shock to me. I watched the news and they said that the tower lights were out for the month, but the strobe at the top was flashing. Then I remembered flying C-141Bs low level in formation. We did a clock to map to ground type of operation as we buzzed at 230kts at 250 feet. We took heed with towers, but the big fear for me was GA aircraft. I have gotten pretty close to them and sure I have given a few some serious wake turbulence. We had this acronym, BAT. It stood for big __ tower. I don't recall them being lit, but those strobes stood out and we steered well clear. Those and those power lines with the balls on them. At least in the C-141B, the whole crew would be scanning outside for traffic and towers. TCAS was an eye opener when we first attained it. We just didn't know how much GA traffic was out there without it.