Accident · 1993-08-07

NTSB case LAX93FA316 · BELL 206L1 · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 1993-08-07
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: BELL 206L1 (N444CR)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: PAPILLON AIRWAYS INC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): PAPILLON AIRWAYS, INC.

Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE PILOT OF N444CR TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE MAIN ROTOR CLEARANCE FROM N38903, AND THE OPERATOR'S FAILURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE OR RECOMMENDED SAFE HELIPAD DIMENSIONS. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE LACK OF VISUAL REFERENCE TO THE ROTATING BLADES OF THE PARKED HELICOPTER, N38903.

Source: NTSB case LAX93FA316

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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