Accident · 1996-11-28

NTSB case FTW97FA051 · Eurocopter AS350B2 · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 1996-11-28
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Eurocopter AS350B2 (N6100U)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

THIS CASE WAS MODIFIED 6/26/2006. The failure of the tail rotor pitch change link due to a fatigue fracture, which resulted in a loss of tail rotor control and separation of the aft tailboom.

Source: NTSB case FTW97FA051

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.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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