Accident · 1992-03-04

NTSB case LAX92FA136 · AEROSPATIALE AS-350D · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1992-03-04
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: AEROSPATIALE AS-350D (N350AH)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Southwest Helicopters, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): SOUTHWEST HELICOPTERS

Probable cause

1) THE PILOT INADEQUATELY EVALUATING THE ENROUTE WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND, 2) THE PILOT MAKING THE INFLIGHT DECISION TO CONTINUE VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS. FACTORS IN THIS ACCIDENT WERE THE INABILITY OF THE PILOT TO SEE THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN DUE TO THE AMBIENT LIGHT CONDITIONS, CLOUDS, AND SNOW.

Source: NTSB case LAX92FA136

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.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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