Accident · 1997-06-09

NTSB case NYC97LA121 · Robbins KOLB FIRESTAR · Part 103

What the record says

Event date: 1997-06-09
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Robbins KOLB FIRESTAR (NUNREG)
Operating rule: Part 103
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

The noncertificated operator's improper decision to fly low over a congested area, which resulted in an abrupt maneuver to avoid a collision with a tethered blimp, and the subsequent uncontrolled descent and collision with terrain.

Source: NTSB case NYC97LA121

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.

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