# NTSB Accident LAX01LA016
> **Aerospatiale AS350-BH** · 2000-10-13 · HILO, HI, USA · NONE
## 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.

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