# NTSB Accident SEA05LA163
> **Steele Safari** · 2005-08-04 · Leavenworth, WA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA05LA163
- **Event ID:** 20050810X01201
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2005-08-04
- **Location:** Leavenworth, WA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 47.629165, -120.650558
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Steele
- **Model:** Safari
- **Registration:** N13MA
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The failure of the tail rotor drive shaft during cruise flight. Factors include soft, grassy terrain at the location where the pilot executed the autorotational landing.

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