NONE · Aerospatiale AS350-BH · 2000-10-13 · HILO, HI, USA
Event
NTSB number
LAX01LA016
Event ID
20001212X22194
Type
Accident
Date
2000-10-13
Location
HILO, HI, USA
Coordinates
19.689311, -155.08052
Injuries
Highest injury
NONE
Fatal
0
Serious
0
Minor
0
Uninjured
2
Total aboard
2
Aircraft
Make
Aerospatiale
Model
AS350-BH
Registration
N532BH
FAR Part
091
Engines
1
Damage
SUBS
Conditions
Light
DAYL
Weather
VMC
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.