Accident · 1988-12-05

NTSB case FTW89LA031 · MBB BO-105 · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 1988-12-05
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: MBB BO-105 (N2785B)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: AIR LOGISTICS Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): AIR LOGISTICS

Probable cause

FAILURE AND SEPARATION OF ONE OF THE TAIL ROTOR BLADES FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS. THR RESULTING IMBALANCE AND VIBRATION CAUSED THE SEPARATION OF THE 90 DEGREE GEARBOX AND A PORTION OF THE VERTICAL PYLON WHICH NECESSITATED THE EMERGENCY AUTOROTATION TO THE WATER.

Source: NTSB case FTW89LA031

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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