# NTSB LAX67A0067: Alouette Astazo, Banning, CA, January 17, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 17, 1967
- Place: Banning, CA · BANNING, CA
- Location: 33.9459° N, 116.8990° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Banning, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9459&lon=-116.8990&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report October 31, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 119666
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX67A0067
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX67A0067

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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E-0014  67/1/17    BANNING,CALIF       ALOUETTE ASTAZO     CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 5744
        TIME - 1232                    CF-BHL              PX-  1  1  0  DEMONSTRATION             TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: HOVERING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- CONTROL WAS LOST WHEN T/R HIT TREE.ACFT FELL DOWN MTN SIDE.INJURED PX DIED APPROX 30 DAYS LATER.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: CF-BHL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ALOUETTE ASTAZO
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: turbo shaft
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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