Accident · 1991-01-15

NTSB case CHI91DEP03 · AIR COMMAND 503 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1991-01-15
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: AIR COMMAND 503 (NUNREG)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Charles Refling Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): CHARLES R. MAY

Probable cause

THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S ABRUPT MOVEMENT OF THE FLIGHT CONTROLS WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF ROTOR RPM AND EVENTUAL DEPARTURE FROM CONTROLLED FLIGHT. A FACTOR CONTRIBUTING WAS ICE ACCUMULATION ON THE PILOT'S FACE RESULTING IN PILOT INCAPACITATION (VISUAL DEFICIENTY).

Source: NTSB case CHI91DEP03

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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