# Accident 20100624037929A: Bell UH-1H, Lake Cachuma, CA, June 24, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2010, 15:30 local time
- Place: Lake Cachuma, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: F45M
- Location: 34.5789° N, 119.9478° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5789&lon=-119.9478&mi=10
- Aircraft: N205KS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N205KS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell UH-1H (registry code 1181407, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-uh-1h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL UH-1H
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10TA318](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10TA318) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100624037929A

## Narrative

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

ON 06/24/2010 SANTA BARBARA COUNTY FIRE, WHILE CONDUCTING CLIFF RESCUE TRAINING, A BRIEF LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE AIRCRAFT YAWED TO THE RIGHT. A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS MADE. TAIL BOOM ATTACH FITTING WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED.

## 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 WPR10TA318](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10TA318), Jun 24, 2010: Bell UH-1H (N205KS), Santa Barbara, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of left tailboom upper attachment fitting as a result of fatigue.

## Other reports on N205KS (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20180112006529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180112006529A), Jan 12, 2018: Bell UH-1H (N205KS), Van Nuys, CA, Substantial damage. Airman was landing on a square helicopter landing zone at the rsi private ramp on the west side of Van Nuys airport. He was approaching facing west and thought…

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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