Accident · 2003-08-06
What the record says
- Event date
- 2003-08-06
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Texas Helicopter OH-13E (N38096)
- Operating rule
- Part 137
- Operator
- HENDRICKSON FLYING SERVICE INC Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Hendrickson Flying Service
Probable cause
The pilot not attaining translational lift during the takeoff. A factor was the high gross weight.
Source: NTSB case CHI03LA247Flight 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.