Accident · 1987-11-03

NTSB case LAX88FA032 · ROBINSON R22A · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1987-11-03
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: ROBINSON R22A (N8475A)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: HELICOPTER ADVENTURES INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): HELICOPTER ADVENTURES, INC.

Probable cause

A DIVERGENCE OF THE MAIN ROTOR FROM ITS NORMAL PLANE OF ROTATION FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON, WHICH RESULTED IN ROTOR CONTACT WITH THE COCKPIT AREA.

Source: NTSB case LAX88FA032

Flight 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.

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