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NTSB investigation record

SEA97FA001

Completed

BOEING vertol Bv-107Ii· N196CH

Date
October 4, 1996
Location
Canby, OR
Conditions
VMC
Record
Completed

Primary finding

Probable cause

failure of maintenance personnel to install a cotter pin in a clevis bolt in the flight control system, which resulted in the aft directional and lateral control output pushrod to become disconnected from a bellcrank in the forward portion of the first stage mixing unit. A factor relating to the accident was the use of an improper bellcrank, which was wider in the clevis area.

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