Accident · 1997-09-18
What the record says
- Event date
- 1997-09-18
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Bell 407 (N467PH)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- PETROLEUM HELI Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC.
Probable cause
The tail rotor blade strike(s) that severed the aft portion of the tailboom, subsequently rendering the pilot with no tail rotor control while in cruise flight. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced autorotative landing.
Source: NTSB case FTW97FA352Flight 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.