# NTSB Accident CHI04FA214
> **Eurocopter France EC130 B4** · 2004-08-07 · Prairie du Sac, WI, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI04FA214
- **Event ID:** 20040811X01199
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2004-08-07
- **Location:** Prairie du Sac, WI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 43.325832, -89.717781
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Eurocopter France
- **Model:** EC130 B4
- **Registration:** N450CM
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's intentional low-level flight toward the lake and his failure to maintain clearance from the static wire on power transmission lines.  Contributing factors were the separation of the Fenestron (tail rotor) assembly from the tail boom as a result of the collision with the static wire and the subsequent loss of control.

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