Accident · 1997-12-14
What the record says
- Event date
- 1997-12-14
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- Bell 407 (N771AL)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
The pilot's inability to maintain adequate visual lookout due to the lighting conditions and his failure to follow company procedures for departure from a landing zone. Factors were dark night conditions, bright lights in the landing zone which prevented vision beyond the zone, and the power line existence was not available on charts to either the pilot or ground personnel.
Source: NTSB case FTW98FA068Flight 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.