Accident · 1992-07-26
What the record says
- Event date
- 1992-07-26
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- BELL 206B3 (N2072B)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- INDUSTRIAL HELICOPTERS Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- INDUSTRIAL HELICOPTERS
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN THE PROPER GLIDEPATH DURING THE APPROACH WHICH LED TO AN EXCESSIVE NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE DURING THE LANDING FLARE.
Source: NTSB case FTW92FA189Flight 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.