# NTSB Accident WPR17LA078
> **SWEARINGEN SA226** · 2017-03-20 · Boise, ID, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR17LA078
- **Event ID:** 20170320X00003
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2017-03-20
- **Location:** Boise, ID, USA
- **Coordinates:** 43.614444, -116.222778
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** SWEARINGEN
- **Model:** SA226
- **Registration:** N158WA
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Company maintenance personnel's failure to remove a screwdriver that was left lodged in the windshield wiper area of the forward fuselage during maintenance and subsequently became dislodged on takeoff/initial climb and collided with a left propeller blade.

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