Accident · 1990-11-19
What the record says
- Event date
- 1990-11-19
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- MBB BO 105CB4 (N3536T)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- PETROLEUM HELI Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC.
Probable cause
THE COMPANY'S MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL'S FAILURE TO INSTALL THE CYCLIC INTERCONNECT TUBE AND THEIR FAILURE TO INSPECT THE HELICOPTER PRIOR TO FLIGHT.
Source: NTSB case FTW91FA016Flight 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.