Accident · 2002-07-10

NTSB case CHI02FA189 · Sikorsky S-58ET · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2002-07-10
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Sikorsky S-58ET (N580US)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Midwest Helicopter Airways, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): Midwest Helicopter Airways

Probable cause

The pilot's intentional low altitude fight and his failure to maintain clearance from power transmission lines. Factors to the accident were the power transmission lines followed by the inability to control the aircraft after the collision with power transmission lines.

Source: NTSB case CHI02FA189

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.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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