Accident · 2005-12-30
What the record says
- Event date
- 2005-12-30
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Bell 206L-4 (N1811)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- SOUTHERN HELICOPTERS INC Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Southern Helicopters, Inc.
Probable cause
The in-flight collision with a bird and the pilot's physical impairment (vision), directional control was not possible.
Source: NTSB case DFW06CA048Flight 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.