Accident · 1993-05-16

NTSB case DEN93LA060 · BELL 206L-1 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1993-05-16
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: BELL 206L-1 (N38Q)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: HELICOPTER COMMUTE SERVICE LLC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): HELICOPTERS ADVENTURES, INT'L — None Operator Does Business As:

Probable cause

A FAILURE BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND TO COMPENSATE FOR WIND CONDITIONS AND MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE HELICOPTER. A FACTOR WAS: UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS.

Source: NTSB case DEN93LA060

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.

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