Aviation accident CEN17LA264

Name: aviation accident: BELL 47D1 near Big Lake (2017-07-06)
Start: 2017-07-06
Location: Big Lake, MN, USA

NONE · BELL 47D1 · 2017-07-06 · Big Lake, MN, USA

Event

NTSB number: CEN17LA264
Event ID: 20170712X15009
Type: Accident
Date: 2017-07-06
Location: Big Lake, MN, USA
Coordinates: 45.313331, -93.717498

Injuries

Highest injury: NONE
Fatal: 0
Serious: 0
Minor: 0
Uninjured: 1
Total aboard: 1

Aircraft

Make: BELL
Model: 47D1
Registration: N153B
FAR Part: 137
Engines: 1
Damage: SUBS

Conditions

Light: DAYL
Weather: VMC

Probable cause

The failure of the metal core assembly within a wooden main rotor blade due to undetected corrosion and fatigue, which caused the wooden blade to separate from the rotor mast.

Source

Authoritative: NTSB CAROL
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown