Accident · 1999-03-17
What the record says
- Event date
- 1999-03-17
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- Eurocopter AS-350-B2 (N6100R)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- PETROLEUM HELI Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC.
Probable cause
the loss of control as a result of the spring-steel extension becoming entangled with the hatch door handle during takeoff. A contributing factor was the flat design of the spring-steel extension.
Source: NTSB case FTW99FA094Flight 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.