# NTSB Accident LAX94LA083
> **ROTORWAY EXEC-90** · 1993-12-28 · SCOTTSDALE, AZ, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX94LA083
- **Event ID:** 20001211X13885
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1993-12-28
- **Location:** SCOTTSDALE, AZ, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.610729, -111.889244
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** ROTORWAY
- **Model:** EXEC-90
- **Registration:** N7456T
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

A failure of the pilot-in-command to adequately conduct a preflight inspection and properly secure a fuselage cowling panel that struck a tail rotor blade, resulting in a subsequent failure of the tail rotor drive system.  Factors in this accident were an in-flight separation of the cowling panel, and the inability of the pilot to effect directional control of the helicopter.

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