The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be: the pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control during initial takeoff climb resulting in an uncontrolled descent and impact with terrain. A contributing factor was the pilot’s encounter in settling with power.
- Date
- September 9, 2005
- Reg
- N944U
- Make
- Robinson
- Model
- R44
- MSN
- 10766
- Location
- Jackson
- Country
- US-Wyoming
- CivilMilitary
- Civil
- Operator
- Upper-Limit-Aviation
- Link 1
- http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20051018X01681&key=1
- Link 2
- http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705370110/After-latest-crash-helicopter-flight-schools-safety-record-scrutinized.html
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