# NTSB Accident DEN01LA145
> **Eurocopter AS350 B-2** · 2001-08-12 · Cody, WY, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN01LA145
- **Event ID:** 20010816X01699
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-08-12
- **Location:** Cody, WY, USA
- **Coordinates:** 44.615276, -109.115554
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Eurocopter
- **Model:** AS350 B-2
- **Registration:** C-FBTW
- **FAR Part:** 133
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning for an off site landing, which resulted in failure of the tail rotor drive shaft due to entanglement of his long-line in the drive shaft.

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