Accident · 1993-03-20
What the record says
- Event date
- 1993-03-20
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- BELL 47G5 (N7080J)
- Operating rule
- Part 137
- Operator
- SOILSERV INC Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- SOILSERV, INC.
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AN ADEQUATE CLEARANCE FROM THE POWER LINES WHILE PERFORMING AN AERIAL APPLICATION RUN.
Source: NTSB case LAX93LA157Flight 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.