# NTSB Accident SEA04LA019
> **Kaman K-600** · 2003-11-20 · Nordman, ID, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA04LA019
- **Event ID:** 20031212X02029
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-11-20
- **Location:** Nordman, ID, USA
- **Coordinates:** 48.653331, -116.815002
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Kaman
- **Model:** K-600
- **Registration:** N286M
- **FAR Part:** 133
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The total failure of the helicopter's right main rotor shaft while in an ascending hover due to the propagation of a fatigue crack that initiated in a corrosion pit on the surface of a slot in the wall of the subject shaft. Factors include accumulation of corrosion on the surface of the shaft.

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