Accident · 1990-06-23
What the record says
- Event date
- 1990-06-23
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- HUGHES 369D (N8605F)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- Smoky Mountain Helicopters Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- SMOKY MOUNTAIN HELICOPTERS
Probable cause
FAILURE OF PILOT OF THE PHOTOGRAPHING HELICOPTER TO MAINTAIN CLEARANCE AND AVOID COLLISION.
Source: NTSB case LAX90FA230Flight 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.