Accident · 1997-09-30
What the record says
- Event date
- 1997-09-30
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Bell 47 (N9005T)
- Operating rule
- Part 137
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
the fracture of the pitch control rod assembly.
Source: NTSB case CHI97LA306Flight 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.