# NTSB Accident FTW02LA177
> **Bell 47G-3B-1** · 2002-06-08 · Nederland, CO, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** FTW02LA177
- **Event ID:** 20020612X00856
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-06-08
- **Location:** Nederland, CO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.667778, -106.052497
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Bell
- **Model:** 47G-3B-1
- **Registration:** N999DW
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's inadvertent in-flight encounter with severe turbulence, which resulted in main rotor-tailboom contact and the separation of the tailrotor drive shaft.

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