Accident · 1991-08-20
What the record says
- Event date
- 1991-08-20
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- PILATUS BRITTEN-NORMAN BN-2A-26 ISLANDER (N68HA)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- Temsco Helicopters, Inc Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- TEMSCO HELICOPTERS, INC.
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE VFR IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE UPSLOPING TERRAIN IN THE AIRCRAFT'S FLIGHT PATH AS WELL AS WEATHER CONDITIONS RESULTING IN AN OBSCURATION OF THE TERRAIN.
Source: NTSB case SEA91FA216Flight 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.