Accident · 1999-09-09

NTSB case LAX99TA299 · Bell B212 · Part 133

What the record says

Event date: 1999-09-09
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: Bell B212 (N212AR)
Operating rule: Part 133
Operator: USDA Forest Service Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): USDA, FOREST SERVICE

Probable cause

The failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain adequate visual surveillance to see and avoid power transmission wires known to be in the area.

Source: NTSB case LAX99TA299

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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