Accident: Bell 407
Jan 29, 2019 · Zaleski, OH
NTSB numberCEN19FA072Event id20190129X14921
- 3
- Fatalities
- 0
- Serious injuries
- 0
- Minor injuries
- 0
- Uninjured
Probable cause
The NTSB determines that the probable cause of this accident was Survival Flight's inadequate management of safety, which normalized pilots' and operations control specialists' noncompliance with risk analysis procedures and resulted in the initiation of the flight without a comprehensive preflight weather evaluation, leading to the pilot's inadvertent encounter with instrument meteorological conditions, failure to maintain altitude, and subsequent collision with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the Federal Aviation Administration's inadequate oversight of the operator's risk management program and failure to require Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135 operators to establish safety management system programs.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved
- Aircraft
- Bell 407
- Registration
- N191SF
- Year built
- 1996
- Category
- Helicopter
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Operating rules
- Part 135: commuter and on-demand
- Defining event
- Enroute Unknown or undetermined
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Nearest airports
Airports with a Voydar profile closest to the recorded position. Proximity only.
- Ohio University Airport (ATO)8 nm (14 km) south-east
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