# NTSB Accident DEN05LA056
> **Hughes 369HS** · 2005-02-03 · Provo, UT, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN05LA056
- **Event ID:** 20050228X00238
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2005-02-03
- **Location:** Provo, UT, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.220764, -111.689544
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 3
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Hughes
- **Model:** 369HS
- **Registration:** N9118F
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's improper in-flight planning and decision making, his failure to maintain terrain clearance, and the total failure of the tail rotor drive shaft as a result of the tail rotor strike.

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