NTSB Releases Reports On Helicopter & Airplane Crashes Earlier This Year

The National Traffic Safety Board has released its findings into the causes of a helicopter crash in Sullivan and an airplane crash in Golden, both earlier this year.

The cause of the helicopter crash on January 29^th was due to the pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from powerlines during low-level operations which resulted in two minor injuries while the cause of the airplane crash on February 21^st, according to the NTSB, was the pilot’s failure to establish a stabilized approach and execute a go-around resulting in not having enough  runway before going through a ditch and coming to rest in a grass embankment.

Fortunately, there were no injuries in that incident.