Incident report
Robinson R44 crash near San Antonio, Texas, United States
minor2019-12-14
Summary
Maintenance personnel’s failure to complete all necessary steps of a service bulletin and subsequent failure to identify the loose lower actuator bearing support bracket during inspections, which resulted in the misalignment of the clutch actuator, resulted in a loss of belt tension on the main rotor drive system, and the subsequent forced landing.
Incident details
Date
2019-12-14
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Aircraft
Operator
Alamo Helicopter Tours San Antonio LLC
Operator type
civil
Fatalities
0
Injuries
3
Probable cause
Weather
VMC
Source
NTSB CAROL ↗29.3778, -98.4764
Quick stats
Severityminor
Fatalities0
Injuries3
SourceNTSB CAROL
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