# NTSB Accident MIA00LA170
> **Southwest Florida Aviation SW204** · 2000-05-24 · FORT PIERCE, FL, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA00LA170
- **Event ID:** 20001212X21080
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-05-24
- **Location:** FORT PIERCE, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 27.440799, -80.560783
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Southwest Florida Aviation
- **Model:** SW204
- **Registration:** N37BA
- **FAR Part:** 137
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

An in-flight separation of a tail rotor blade tip weight resulting in tail rotor assembly imbalance and separation due to the installation of an unapproved rotor blade by company maintenance personnel, and the subsequent collision with trees during an emergency landing.

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