Accident · 1999-06-09
What the record says
- Event date
- 1999-06-09
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Bell 206B (N265AH)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- ERA AVIATION INC Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- ERA AVIATION, INC.
Probable cause
The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing/takeoff area, and his failure to maintain clearance from terrain. Factors associated with the accident are the confined/congested landing/takeoff area, and rocks/boulders in the takeoff area.
Source: NTSB case ANC99LA072Flight 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.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.