On August 27, 1990, guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan, the helicopter pilot, and four other passengers were killed when the Bell 206B helicopter, N16933, crashed into the side of a hill at the Alpine Valley Resort in East Troy, Wisconsin. The helicopter was the third of a group of four owned by Omniflight Helicopters that were chartered to ferry musicians and their associates from the resort back to Chicago, Illinois, after a concert. The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the crash was caused by pilot error. The report stated that the pilot’s lack of familiarity with the area and the low visibility caused him to crash into the side of the ski slope.
Slack & Davis represented the Stevie Ray Vaughan’s family in suing OmniFlight Helicopters for negligence. Our plaintiffs settled for a confidential amount.