Accident · 2003-12-27
What the record says
- Event date
- 2003-12-27
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Aerospatiale AS 365 N-2 (N291LL)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- Aerowest Helicopters, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Aerowest Helicopters, Inc. — On-demand air taxi (135) Operator Does Business As: New Mexico Life Rescue
Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain lateral clearance from the hangar. A contributing factor was the gusty crosswind.
Source: NTSB case DEN04LA033Flight 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.