Incident · 2003-08-19

NTSB case CHI03IA293 · Bell 230 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2003-08-19
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Bell 230 (N880SF)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

The material defect during the manufacture of the tail rotor counterweight bellcrank and the bellcrank's subsequent failure due to a fatigue fracture.

Source: NTSB case CHI03IA293

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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