Incident · 2006-06-06
What the record says
- Event date
- 2006-06-06
- Event type
- Incident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Bell 206L-1 (N272M)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
The passenger's failure to follow procedures associated with operations in the vicinity of the helicopter and his failure to see/avoid the tail rotor of the helicopter.
Source: NTSB case DFW06IA151Flight 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.