# NTSB Accident ERA17LA032
> **BELL OH 58C** · 2016-11-01 · Cameron, NC, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA17LA032
- **Event ID:** 20161101X35334
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2016-11-01
- **Location:** Cameron, NC, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.350833, -79.295829
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** BELL
- **Model:** OH 58C
- **Registration:** N139RD
- **FAR Part:** 137
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

An in-flight failure of a main rotor blade due to fatigue cracks. Contributing to the failure of the main rotor blade was the absence of guidance to the operator to inspect an area of the main rotor blade known to be susceptible to fatigue cracks and the accident helicopter type certificate holder’s lack of information of an existing inspection published by another restricted-category type certificate holder of the same model helicopter.

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