Accident · 1992-02-23

NTSB case ANC92FA040 · BELL 214B-1 · Part 133

What the record says

Event date: 1992-02-23
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: BELL 214B-1 (N814RM)
Operating rule: Part 133
Operator: RMH AEROLOGGING Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): RMH AEROLOGGING

Probable cause

SEPARATION OF THE TAIL ROTOR AND 90 DEGREE GEARBOX DUE TO THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO FOLLOW PROCEDURES/DIRECTIVES WHICH RESULTED IN THE EXTERNAL LOAD CABLE BECOMING ENTANGLED IN THE TAIL ROTOR. FACTORS WERE THE TURBULENT WEATHER AND THE LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN FOR A FORCED LANDING.

Source: NTSB case ANC92FA040

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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