Accident · 1995-02-14

NTSB case FTW95FA116 · BELL 206L-4 · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 1995-02-14
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: BELL 206L-4 (N172AL)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: OFFSHORE LOGISTICS, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): OFFSHORE LOGISTICS, INC.

Probable cause

INADVERTENT FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE HELICOPTER AFTER BECOMING SPATIALLY DISORIENTED. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND THE PILOT'S LACK OF RECENT INSTRUMENT EXPERIENCE.

Source: NTSB case FTW95FA116

Flight 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.

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