Accident · 2004-08-09
What the record says
- Event date
- 2004-08-09
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Eurocopter France EC-130 B4 (N910U)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- Air Methods Corp. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Air Methods
Probable cause
the pilot's failure to perform a preflight inspection. Contributing to the accident was the transmission cowling that disconnected during the landing.
Source: NTSB case DEN04CA122Flight 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.