Accident · 1992-09-02

NTSB case DEN92FA089 · BELL 206L3 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1992-09-02
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: BELL 206L3 (N911NM)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Air Methods Corp. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): AIR METHODS CORPORATION — On-demand air taxi (135) Operator Does Business As: AIR CARE I

Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND TO PROPERLY USE THE HELICOPTER'S PERFORMANCE DATA. FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE ADVERSE TERRAIN AND HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE.

Source: NTSB case DEN92FA089

Flight 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.

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