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Disconnected Pitch-change Link Implicated in California Accident

Bell 222, Oct. 11, 2025, Huntington Beach, California

Still photos and video clips captured by witnesses during a low-speed pass that preceded the crash showed that one tail rotor pitch-change link had become disconnected from its blade. The pilot, his passenger, and one person on the ground were seriously hurt when the helicopter crashed into a staircase at the end of a pedestrian bridge. Two others suffered minor injuries.