# NTSB Accident ERA10LA118
> **EUROCOPTER AS 350 B2** · 2010-01-18 · New York, NY, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA10LA118
- **Event ID:** 20100118X13843
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2010-01-18
- **Location:** New York, NY, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.754444, -74.006942
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** EUROCOPTER
- **Model:** AS 350 B2
- **Registration:** N696BH
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DUSK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The failure of maintenance personnel to properly secure one tail rotor pitch change link to its respective tail rotor blade resulting in an in-flight separation of the link from the blade. Contributing to the accident was the lack of an adequate post-maintenance inspection procedure.

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