# NTSB Accident LAX98LA184
> **Aerospatiale AS350BA** · 1998-06-06 · BURBANK, CA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX98LA184
- **Event ID:** 20001211X10347
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-06-06
- **Location:** BURBANK, CA, USA
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Aerospatiale
- **Model:** AS350BA
- **Registration:** N31621
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The separation of the tail rotor pitch link due to a fatigue fracture, which resulted in the separation of the tailboom.

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