Accident · 1999-06-09
What the record says
- Event date
- 1999-06-09
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Bell 412 (N3893S)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
The separation of a section of the tail rotor blade, and subsequent separation of the tail rotor system, as a result of fatigue cracking due to corrosion in the tail rotor blade spar.
Source: NTSB case FTW99LA162Flight 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.