HYATT REGENCY in Huntington Beach.

A structural failure has been determined to the cause of a helicopter crash in Huntington Beach on Oct. 11 that injured five people.

The Federal Aviation Agency and the National Transportation Board investigated the incident and determined that two small metal arms that connect the tail rotor blades and provide direction of flight were cracked, causing the tail rotors gear box to come lose and push the aircraft out of control.

The helicopter was aiming to land in the parking lot of the Hyatt Regency hotel in Huntington Beach near Pacific Coast Highway when it crashed to the ground.

The ‘copter was in town for the “Cars and Copters” event being being in Huntington Beach that weekend.
Of the five people injured, two were aboard the helicopter and three on the ground.