# Accident 20020612020219A: Agusta A119, Okeechobee, FL, June 12, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2002, 16:15 local time
- Place: Okeechobee, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.2628° N, 80.8497° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2628&lon=-80.8497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N911SL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AGUSTA A119
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA02TA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02TA109) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020612020219A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) AFTER DEPARTING FROM A HOSPITAL PAD, AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD BANG FROM THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN STARTED TO YAW TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT MADE AN APPROACH INTO A COW PASTURE. AFTER LANDING THE LEFT SKID CONTACTED UNEVEN TERRAIN AND LEFT THE GROUND. AFTER REGAINING GROUND CONTACT THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO TUCK. THE MAIN ROTOR BLADE THEN STRUCK AND SEVERED THE TAIL ROTOR DRIVESHAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA02TA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02TA109), Jun 12, 2002: Agusta A119 (N911SL), Okeechobee, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the fracture of one of the tail rotor blades as a result of fatigue cracking in the blade spar, and subsquent impact of the main rotor with the tailboom.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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