Accident · 1997-03-14
What the record says
- Event date
- 1997-03-14
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- MBB BO-105S (N7161J)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- PETROLEUM HELI Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC
Probable cause
The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, and his subsequent loss of aircraft control due to spatial disorientation. Factors were the pilot not following company procedures and directives, the low ceiling, and the dark night light condition.
Source: NTSB case FTW97FA121Flight 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.