# NTSB Accident SEA07TA212
> **Hughes 369D** · 2007-07-22 · Omak, WA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA07TA212
- **Event ID:** 20070808X01149
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2007-07-22
- **Location:** Omak, WA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 48.291942, -119.503051
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Hughes
- **Model:** 369D
- **Registration:** N69PF
- **FAR Part:** PUBU
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the surface of a pond that he was using as a water bucket refill site, which resulted in a tail rotor strike to the water's surface and a torsional overload failure of the tail rotor drive shaft.

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