# NTSB Accident ATL04LA157
> **Beech A45** · 2004-07-16 · LaGrange, GA, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ATL04LA157
- **Event ID:** 20040719X01005
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2004-07-16
- **Location:** LaGrange, GA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.111667, -85.133888
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Beech
- **Model:** A45
- **Registration:** N134BH
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The maintenance personnel under-torquing of the crankcase throughbolts during top overhaul, which resulted in crankcase fretting, and the subsequent fatigue failure of the crankshaft at the No. 4 main journal. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for forced landing.

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