Accident · 1993-01-03
What the record says
- Event date
- 1993-01-03
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- BELL 206B3 (N1078V)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- South Coast Helicopters Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- SOUTH COAST HELICOPTERS
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S CONTINUATION OF VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, AND HIS DECISION TO CONTINUE HIS LANDING ATTEMPTS UNDER THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE LOW CLOUDS, FOG AND MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.
Source: NTSB case SEA93FA048Flight 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.