Accident · 2002-04-09

NTSB case MIA02TA082 · Aerospatiale SA319B Alouette III · PUBU

What the record says

Event date: 2002-04-09
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: Aerospatiale SA319B Alouette III (N2UH)
Operating rule: PUBU
Operator: U.S. FOREST SERVICE Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): U.S. Forest Service

Probable cause

The intentional operation of the helicopter with known deficiencies in equipment (inoperative normal brakes), and the pilot's improper use of the cyclic flight controls after the helicopter started rolling following touchdown.

Source: NTSB case MIA02TA082

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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