Accident · 1999-08-26
What the record says
- Event date
- 1999-08-26
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Bell 206-L3 (N6610E)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the helicopter. A factor was the tailwind condition.
Source: NTSB case FTW99LA240Flight 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.