Accident · 2006-12-14
What the record says
- Event date
- 2006-12-14
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- Bell 407 (N407JJ)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- Heloair, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- HELOAIR INC
Probable cause
The pilot's improper decision to depart under visual flight rules into night instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing to the accident was the fog and the dark night conditions.
Source: NTSB case NYC07FA048Flight 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.