Accident · 1996-07-08
What the record says
- Event date
- 1996-07-08
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Bell 47G-5 (N8591F)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- Wiggins Airways, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- WIGGINS AIRWAYS INC.
Probable cause
the pilot's inadequate visual look out for obstacles, which resulted in a collision with wires and the ground.
Source: NTSB case NYC96LA145Flight 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.