An EC130T2 had its dual controls removed but the collective balance was misrigged. This resulted in it becoming inadvertently airborne while rotors running on an elevated helipad in Memphis. CCTV caught the incident on video.
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A loop of cable snagged on the MLG and the cable was severed. The aircraft was later released to fly with MLG damage.
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Five months earlier a difficult to detect latent defect was introduced.
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