Incident · 2005-10-14
What the record says
- Event date
- 2005-10-14
- Event type
- Incident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Hughes 369D (N58267)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- Alexair Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- AlexAir
Probable cause
The fatigue cracking and failure of the tail rotor control rod during cruise flight, which resulted in a hard landing during the precautionary landing.
Source: NTSB case LAX06IA011Flight 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.