Accident · 2006-09-19
What the record says
- Event date
- 2006-09-19
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Garlick OH-58A (N802JB)
- Operating rule
- Part 133
- Operator
- JBI Helicopter Services, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- JBI Helicopter Services — None Operator Does Business As:
Probable cause
The completion center's installation of the incorrect (shorter) release cable, and the ground crewmember's improper movement under the flight path during a bin transfer.
Source: NTSB case NYC06LA224Flight 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.