Accident · 1996-03-18
What the record says
- Event date
- 1996-03-18
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Bell 206B (N57362)
- Operating rule
- Part 137
- Operator
- PIONEER AVIATION, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- PIONEER AVIATION, INC.
Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain clearance with trees after pulling up from an aerial application spray run.
Source: NTSB case SEA96LA070Flight 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.