Accident · 1989-08-21
What the record says
- Event date
- 1989-08-21
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- AEROSPATIALE AS350D (N3596G)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- ARIS HELICOPTERS Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- ARIS HELICOPTERS
Probable cause
A FAILURE OF THE GAS GENERATOR TURBINE. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE TAILWIND AND THE RESIDENTIAL AREA IN WHICH THE PILOT WAS FORCED TO LAND.
Source: NTSB case DEN89FA197Flight 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.