Accident · 2005-05-18
What the record says
- Event date
- 2005-05-18
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Bell 47G-5A (N59403)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- Joel Marwitz Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Joel Marwitz
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the truck trailer during takeoff. A factor contributing to this accident was the truck trailer.
Source: NTSB case DEN05CA078Flight 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.