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Aviation accident LAX04LA116
NONE · Hughes 369D · 2003-12-18 · WAHIAWA, HI, USA
Event
- NTSB number
LAX04LA116- Event ID
20040212X00187- Type
- Accident
- Date
- 2003-12-18
- Location
- WAHIAWA, HI, USA
- Coordinates
- 21.483612, -158.043884
Injuries
- Highest injury
- NONE
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Minor
- 0
- Uninjured
- 1
- Total aboard
- 1
Aircraft
- Make
- Hughes
- Model
- 369D
- Registration
- N1113L
- FAR Part
- 133
- Engines
- 1
- Damage
- SUBS
Conditions
- Light
- DAYL
- Weather
- VMC
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to properly secure the external sling load, which allowed the load to shift, and subsequently strike and remove the tail rotor.
Source
- Authoritative
- NTSB CAROL
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown