Accident · 1990-02-22

NTSB case NYC90LA072 · BELL 206B · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1990-02-22
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: BELL 206B (N41AA)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Wiggins Airways, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): WIGGINS AIRWAYS

Probable cause

IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT. THE TURBULENCE WAS A RELATED FACTOR.

Flight 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.

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