Accident · 2003-10-10
What the record says
- Event date
- 2003-10-10
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- Bell 206L-3 (N81671)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
The pilot's loss of control following an inadvertent encounter with adverse weather conditions. Contributing factors were the prevailing thunderstorms, the low ceilings, and the miscommunication between the pilot and the company's communication center in obtaining in-flight weather advisories, including aircraft location.
Source: NTSB case FTW04FA007Flight 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.