Accident · 2001-12-21
What the record says
- Event date
- 2001-12-21
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Bell 206 (N206HE)
- Operating rule
- PUBU
- Operator
- U.S. FOREST SERVICE Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- U.S. Forest Service
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the bambi bucket suspension assembly during dip operation.
Source: NTSB case ATL02TA021Flight 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.