# NTSB Accident ANC03LA042
> **Aerospatiale SA-319B** · 2003-04-07 · VALDEZ, AK, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC03LA042
- **Event ID:** 20030417X00525
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-04-07
- **Location:** VALDEZ, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 61.188331, -145.344726
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 6
- **Total aboard:** 6
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Aerospatiale
- **Model:** SA-319B
- **Registration:** N119PH
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's encounter with a ground resonance condition during the landing touchdown, which resulted in the shearing of a main rotor spacing cable bolt, and buckling of the tail boom.

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