Accident · 2006-12-10
What the record says
- Event date
- 2006-12-10
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- Bell 412SP (N410MA)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- Lifenet, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Lifenet, Inc.
Probable cause
The pilot's inadvertent encounter with instrument meteorological conditions and subsequent failure to maintain terrain clearance. Contributing to the accident were the dark night conditions, fog, and mountainous terrain.
Source: NTSB case LAX07FA056Flight 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.