Accident · 2002-09-09
What the record says
- Event date
- 2002-09-09
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- Bell 206L-1 (N400SL)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
Pilot spatial disorientation while flying in dark night conditions, resulting in a loss of aircraft control; and the company's inadequate remedial actions after identifying the pilot's night flying deficiency over areas without lighted references. A factor to the accident was the dark night conditions.
Source: NTSB case CHI02FA288Flight 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.