Accident · 1991-12-09
What the record says
- Event date
- 1991-12-09
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- MBB BO-105CBS (N750H)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- OMNIFLIGHT HELICOPTERS INC Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- OMNIFLIGHT HELICOPTERS, INC.
Probable cause
AN INFLIGHT COLLISION WITH TERRAIN AFTER THE PILOT EXPERIENCED SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE NIGHT CONDITIONS, AND THE LACK OF VISUAL CUES.
Source: NTSB case NYC92FA044Flight 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.