Accident · 2007-03-23
What the record says
- Event date
- 2007-03-23
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Bell 206B (N828BA)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate visual lookout, which resulted in an in flight collision with utility wires during takeoff, and a subsequent impact with terrain.
Source: NTSB case NYC07CA084Flight 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.