Accident · 1998-07-24
What the record says
- Event date
- 1998-07-24
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Garlick UH-1H (N83NW)
- Operating rule
- Part 133
- Operator
- NORTHWEST HELICOPTERS, LLC Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- NORTHWEST HELICOPTERS, INC.
Probable cause
A failure of the external load cable, which became entangled in the tail rotor.
Source: NTSB case SEA98LA146Flight 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.