Accident · 1999-07-22
What the record says
- Event date
- 1999-07-22
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Bell OH-13H/M74A (N51857)
- Operating rule
- Part 137
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
the pilot's inadequate preflight which resulting in his failure to remove all the tie downs, and the subsequent impact with the ground.
Source: NTSB case MIA99LA200Flight 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.