Accident · 1997-09-12
What the record says
- Event date
- 1997-09-12
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- Bell 205A-1 (N90HJ)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- National Park Service Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Probable cause
the pilot's intentional flight into known adverse weather conditions in mountainous terrain.
Source: NTSB case LAX97GA325Flight 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.