Accident · 1997-01-23

NTSB case MIA97FA070 · Bell 206-B3 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1997-01-23
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Bell 206-B3 (N2047R)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Air Center Helicopters, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): AIR CENTER HELICOPTERS, INC.

Probable cause

The pilot's incapacitation by carbon monoxide from undetermined sources which led to his diminished ability to see and avoid a radio tower.

Source: NTSB case MIA97FA070

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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