Accident · 1998-08-27

NTSB case LAX98TA278 · Aerospatiale SA316B · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1998-08-27
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Aerospatiale SA316B (N605RA)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: US DEPT OF THE INTERIOR Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): U.S. DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR

Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate in-flight clearance between the bucket and trees resulting in the entanglement/separation of the long line and subsequent impact with and separation of the tail rotor assembly. A factor was the trees.

Source: NTSB case LAX98TA278

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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