Accident · 1997-10-02
What the record says
- Event date
- 1997-10-02
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Bell 206B (N2163Y)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- PETROLEUM HELICOPTER, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- PETROLEUM HELICOPTER INC.
Probable cause
improper touchdown by the flight instructor. A related factor was: soft sod in the touchdown/landing area.
Source: NTSB case FTW98LA002Flight 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.