Accident · 1990-09-12
What the record says
- Event date
- 1990-09-12
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- Bell B206LI (N882BT)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- INDUSTRIAL HELICOPTERS Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- INDUSTRIAL HELICOPTERS, INC.
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALTITUDE. FACTORS WERE THE PILOT'S DECISION TO FLY INTO THE KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER AND THE WEATHER/LIGHT CONDITIONS.
Source: NTSB case FTW90FA178Flight 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.