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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Texhel OH13ETEXHELI · Ehrenberg, AZ · August 21, 1979

Date
August 21, 1979 · 20:00 local
Place
Ehrenberg, AZ
Airport
Blythe
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N38105
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX79DUK09
Reported as
Texhel OH13ETEXHELI
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,675 total1,000 in this make and model212 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Failure of tail rotor drive assembly.

As the FAA filed it

FAILURE OF TAIL ROTOR DRIVE ASSEMBLY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N38105 · 1

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