Accident · 1998-03-11
What the record says
- Event date
- 1998-03-11
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Bell 47D1 (N13012)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
The in-flight disconnect of the rotating scissors due to the separation of its hinge bolt.
Source: NTSB case FTW98LA144Flight 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.