Accident · 2003-05-15
What the record says
- Event date
- 2003-05-15
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Schweizer 269C (N109JS)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- Centennial Helicopters Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Centennial Helicopters Inc.
Probable cause
The inadequate annual inspection performed by maintenance facility personnel, which resulted in a failure of a fuel system bellcrank. Factors were the subsequent inadequate inspections by other maintenance personnel and the pilot.
Source: NTSB case NYC03LA106Flight 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.