Accident · 2005-03-10
What the record says
- Event date
- 2005-03-10
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- Bell 206B-3 (N85BH)
- Operating rule
- PUBU
- Operator
- USDA Forest Service Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- USDA Forest Service
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain altitude and clearance for undetermined reasons.
Source: NTSB case DFW05FA086Flight 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.