Accident · 1995-05-04

NTSB case NYC95LA100 · BELL 47G-5A · Part 137

What the record says

Event date: 1995-05-04
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: BELL 47G-5A (N444GW)
Operating rule: Part 137
Operator: Wiggins Airways, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): WIGGINS AIRWAYS, INC.

Probable cause

the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during a low altitude aerial application turn, which resulted in inadvertent settling with power and the subsequent collision with the terrain.

Source: NTSB case NYC95LA100

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.

All incidents →