Accident · 1999-05-28
What the record says
- Event date
- 1999-05-28
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- MBB BO 105LS A-3 (N811CE)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- Southern California Edison Co. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON
Probable cause
The pilot's in-flight loss of control due to spatial disorientation while maneuvering to reverse direction after an inadvertent encounter with instrument meteorological conditions.
Source: NTSB case LAX99FA200Flight 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.