# NTSB Accident ERA10LA379
> **GARLICK HELICOPTERS INC OH-58A+** · 2010-07-28 · Newport, TN, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA10LA379
- **Event ID:** 20100728X51747
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2010-07-28
- **Location:** Newport, TN, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.970001, -83.190002
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** GARLICK HELICOPTERS INC
- **Model:** OH-58A+
- **Registration:** N48LA
- **FAR Part:** 137
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Inadequate maintenance inspections of the main rotor blade inertia screw holes, which resulted in a main rotor blade failure due to fatigue. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection of the main rotor blades.

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