# NTSB Accident WPR20LA029
> **Agusta A109** · 2019-11-13 · Salt Lake City, UT, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR20LA029
- **Event ID:** 20191113X91346
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2019-11-13
- **Location:** Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.170555, -111.644996
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 3
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Agusta
- **Model:** A109
- **Registration:** N271HC
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The flight nurse’s inadvertent application of left anti-torque pedal during cruise flight, which resulted in a rapid yaw and pitch movement that caused the tail rotor blades to contact the tailboom.

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