Accident · 2000-10-13

NTSB case LAX01LA016 · Aerospatiale AS350-BH · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2000-10-13
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Aerospatiale AS350-BH (N532BH)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Blue Hawaiian Helicopters Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): BLUE HAWAIIAN HELICOPTERS

Probable cause

Inadequate maintenance by the helicopter manufacturer during manufacture, which installed skins of inadequate thickness on the tail boom. A factor in the accident was the failure of the manufacturer's quality control system to detect the inadequate thickness.

Source: NTSB case LAX01LA016

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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