Accident · 2000-03-03

NTSB case MIA00FA102 · McDonnell Douglas HU-600N · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2000-03-03
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas HU-600N (N611BC)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: WTVJ NBC 6 Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): WTVJ NBC 6 — None Operator Does Business As:

Probable cause

The pilot's ostentatious display and in-flight decision to perform an abrupt low altitude pitch up maneuver (aerobatic flight). This resulted in the main rotor blades colliding with and separating the tail boom assembly while maneuvering, and the helicopters subsequent in-flight collision with terrain.

Source: NTSB case MIA00FA102

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.

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