ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 285283
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| Date: | Sunday 11 February 2007 |
| Time: | 13:06 LT |
| Type: |  Mcdonnell Douglas 369FF |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N819BP |
| MSN: | 0058FF |
| Year of manufacture: | 1989 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1853 hours |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce 250-L30 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Placida, Florida -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Placida, FL |
| Tampa-Peter O. Knight Airport, FL (TPF/KTPF) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot elected to land in an open field that was used as an overflow parking lot for a restaurant. The area was empty upon his arrival. At the time of his departure, the helicopter was surrounded with vehicles. During the liftoff, at about 30 feet above the ground, a witness and the pilot reported hearing a loud bang. The witness saw something black, about a foot long, fly off the tail rotor section. The helicopter immediately began an uncontrollable spin, descended, and crashed into trees. Postcrash examination of the helicopter revealed a section of the tail rotor pitch change control rod and bellcrank clevis were fractured and missing. Metallurgical examination of the remaining bellcrank and rod showed fractures consistent with a bending overload fracture. Examination of the remainder of the helicopter control systems, structure, and engine showed no evidence of precrash failure or malfunction.
Probable Cause: The in-flight separation of the tail rotor pitch change control rod and bellcrank during takeoff-initial climb.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA07LA049
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Oct-2022 07:27 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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