The National Transportation Safety Board held a board meeting on May 19, 2020, 9:30 a.m. (EDT), to determine the probable cause of the Jan. 29, 2019, crash in Zaleski, Ohio, of a Bell 407 helicopter operated as an air ambulance.
The helicopter, operated by Viking Aviation, LLC, and doing business as Survival Flight, was on a mission to pick up a patient when the crash occurred in deteriorating weather. All three occupants – the pilot, flight nurse and flight paramedic – died in the accident.
In keeping with established Federal and local social distancing guidelines to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, while also ensuring the NTSB’s compliance with the Government in the Sunshine Act, the board meeting for this investigation will be webcast to the public, with the board members and investigative staff meeting virtually. No physical gathering for this board meeting is planned.
WHO: NTSB investigative staff and board members
WHAT: A webcast, virtual board meeting
WHERE: http://ntsb.windrosemedia.com/
WHEN: Tuesday, May 19, 2020, 9:30 a.m. (EDT)
HOW: The board meeting will be webcast only, there will not be a public gathering of NTSB investigative or board members A link to the webcast will be available shortly before the start of the meeting at http://ntsb.windrosemedia.com/.
Related material: Preliminary accident report published Feb. 11, 2019: https://go.usa.gov/xvRzc
Abstract
See the board meeting on NTSB's YouTube Channel
Presentations
Opening Statement - Chairman Robert L. Sumwalt
Investigator-in-Charge presentation - Shaun Williams
Operations presentation - John Brannen
Human Performance presentation - Dr. Sathya Silva
Meteorology presentation - Paul Suffern
Closing Statement - Chairman Robert L. Sumwalt
Webcast
NTSB public events are also streamed via live webcast. Webcasts are archived for a period of 3 months from the date of the meeting. Webcast archives are generally available by the end of the event day for public meetings, and by the end of the next day for technical conferences.
If you wish to obtain a copy of an NTSB meeting, please contact the NTSB Records Management Division at (202) 314-6551, or 800-877-6799. You may also
request this information from the NTSB website, or write to the following: National Transportation Safety Board, Records Management Division (CIO-40), 490 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC 20594.
