Accident · 1994-06-06
What the record says
- Event date
- 1994-06-06
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- HUGHES 369D (N4943T)
- Operating rule
- Part 133
- Operator
- Cherry Helicopters, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- CHERRY HELICOPTERS, INC.
Probable cause
the operator's and pilot's failure to ensure that the cargo net containing empty paper bags was sufficiently ballasted to prevent it from flying up into the tail rotor.
Source: NTSB case LAX94LA241Flight 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.