Jul 28, 2010
Accident
Substantial Newport, TN
Injuries1 minor
Phase of Flight-
ConditionsVMC
OperationFAR 137
Probable Cause
Inadequate maintenance inspections of the main rotor blade inertia screw holes, which resulted in a main rotor blade failure due to fatigue. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection of the main rotor blades.
NTSB ERA10LA379