Accident · 1989-05-17
What the record says
- Event date
- 1989-05-17
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- BELL 214B-1 (N614RM)
- Operating rule
- Part 133
- Operator
- Rocky Mountain Helicopters Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- ROCKY MOUNTAIN HELICOPTERS
Probable cause
THE PILOT MISJUDGING CLEARANCE FROM TREES DURING A HOVER DESCENT.
Source: NTSB case SEA89LA088Flight 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.