Accident · 2001-02-28
What the record says
- Event date
- 2001-02-28
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- BELL 412SP (N412SM)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- PETROLEUM HELI Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC.
Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain rotor speed during an intentional autorotation, which resulted in a loss of control.
Source: NTSB case DEN01FA058Flight 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.