Accident · 1997-09-09
What the record says
- Event date
- 1997-09-09
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Bell 206B (N90115)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
A hard landing due to the failure of the pilot to adequately compensate for the wind direction and velocity on initiating his approach to the landing area, resulting in a loss of tail rotor authority.
Source: NTSB case LAX97LA320Flight 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.