# NTSB Accident DEN07LA024
> **Bell UH-1H** · 2006-11-13 · Melrose, NM, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN07LA024
- **Event ID:** 20061117X01687
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2006-11-13
- **Location:** Melrose, NM, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.604721, -103.601112
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Bell
- **Model:** UH-1H
- **Registration:** N24CF
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the in-flight failure and separation of both tail rotor blades.  Contributing factors in this accident were the check pilot interferring with the controls and his failure to relinquish control to the pilot-in-command.

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