Accident · 2000-08-30
What the record says
- Event date
- 2000-08-30
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Bell 206B-3 (N207EH)
- Operating rule
- Part 137
- Operator
- Sacramento Executive Helicopters, Inc. Matched by aircraft (N-number)
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate visual surveillance of the worksite to see and avoid power transmission wires.
Source: NTSB case LAX00LA326Flight 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.