# Accident 20191112021169A: Agustawestland A109SP, Springville, UT, November 12, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2019, 20:08 local time
- Place: Springville, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: I7LA
- Location: 40.1706° N, 111.6450° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1706&lon=-111.6450&mi=10
- Aircraft: N271HC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N271HC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Agustawestland A109SP (registry code 0260114, https://openairdocs.org/model/agustawestland-a109sp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW207C (registry code 52203, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw207c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AGUSTAWESTLAND A109SP
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW207C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 11,173 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191112021169A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT NURSE SITTING IN LEFT COCKPIT SEAT PUSHED LEFT TAIL ROTOR PEDAL CAUSING THE TAIL ROTOR BLADES TO HIT THE TAIL BOOM CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 WPR20LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA029), Nov 13, 2019: Agusta A109 (N271HC), Salt Lake City, UT, substantial damage. 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.

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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