Accident · 2001-09-26
What the record says
- Event date
- 2001-09-26
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Bell 206L-1 (N1067D)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
the failure of the rotor tachometer generator, which resulted in a precautionary landing in the Gulf of Mexico. A contributing factor to the accident was the rough water condition.
Source: NTSB case FTW01LA214Flight 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.