Accident · 1999-09-10

NTSB case MIA99FA250 · Mbb BO105CBS · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1999-09-10
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: Mbb BO105CBS (N911HR)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: METRO AVIATION, INC Matched by aircraft (N-number)

Probable cause

The pilots failure to recognize entry into settling with power during approach to land and his failure to take remedial action to escape from settling with power resulting in the helicopter descending and colliding with trees and swampy terrain.

Source: NTSB case MIA99FA250

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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