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Accident

FAA accident report · Bell 206L-1 · Grand Canyon, AZ · June 10, 2004

Date
June 10, 2004 · 12:30 local
Place
Grand Canyon, AZ
Airport
Grand Canyon National Park
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
PG9A
Aircraft
N1076T
Reported as
Bell 206L1
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
1

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) This was an occurrence wherein a passenger jumped from a helicopter during a Grand Canyon tour. The sheriff's department declared it a suicide.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THIS WAS AN OCCURRENCE WHEREIN A PASSENGER JUMPED FROM A HELICOPTER DURING A GRAND CANYON TOUR. THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DECLARED IT A SUICIDE.