Accident · 2000-03-20
What the record says
- Event date
- 2000-03-20
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Bell 206B3 (N5002E)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- Horizon Helicopters Inc Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- HORIZON HELICOPTERS, INC.
Probable cause
The pilot's right turn maneuver during low speed resulting in a loss of tail rotor effectiveness and subsequent loss of control.
Source: NTSB case FTW00LA100Flight 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.