Accident · 1996-08-20

NTSB case LAX96FA310 · Bell/Tsirah 209AH-1FT · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1996-08-20
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Bell/Tsirah 209AH-1FT (N777TZ)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: WEST COAST HELICOPTERS, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): WEST COAST HELICOPTERS

Probable cause

the first pilot misjudged the distance from the rock outcropping. The pilot's ostentatious display was a factor in this accident.

Source: NTSB case LAX96FA310

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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