# N62UP: Eurocopter Deutschland EC 135 P2, registration cancelled 2019-10-05

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 5, 2019
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Eurocopter Deutschland EC 135 P2](https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-deutschland-ec-135-p2) (registry code 5620027)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H88EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H88EU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 0475
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: December 12, 2006
- Last registry action: January 15, 2016
- Mode S code: A815B4
- Owner when cancelled: [University Of Pennsylvania](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/UNIVERSITY%20OF%20PENNSYLVANIA)
- Location: [Philadelphia, PA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/PA/Philadelphia)
- Owner type: Government
- Owner's area on the map: 39.9585° N, 75.1991° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 19104, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N62UP
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=62UP
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62UP-2019-10-05

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Eurocopter Deutschland EC 135 P2: https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-deutschland-ec-135-p2.md

## Service difficulty reports (11)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR HDNA2015F00040](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HDNA2015F00040), Feb 20, 2015: ELECTRICAL BOX. FAILED. RECEIVED THIS SERVICEABLE ELECTRICAL MASTER BOX (EMB) AND IT FAILED OUT OF THE BOX WITH A GENERATOR DISCONNECT LIGHT. THE REPAIR WO PAPERWORK THAT ACCOMPANIED T
- [SDR HDNA2015F00039](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HDNA2015F00039), Feb 19, 2015: ELECTRICAL BOX. FAILED. NR 1 ENGINE WOULD NOT START OR VENT DUE TO NO DC POWER RUNNING THROUGH THE ELECTRICAL MASTER BOX (EMB). THE EMB HAD 27 HOURS SINCE INSTALLED ON THE ACFT.
- [SDR QMLA2012022812022](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2012022812022), Feb 28, 2012: UNKNOWN. UNKNOWN. THE PILOT REPORTED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, HEARD A LOUD "THUMP" COMING FROM THE FLOOR IN THE VICINITY OF THE PILOTS STATION. THE WERE NO FLUCTUATIONS ON ANY OF T
- [SDR QMLA2012013112012](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2012013112012), Jan 31, 2012: UNKNOWN. UNKNOWN. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE ENROUTE, 4 MINUTES INTO A 15 MINUTE FLIGHT, WITH A TRAUMA PATIENT ON BOARD, LEVEL AT 1200 FEET, THE PILOT AND MEDICAL CREW ON BOAR
- [SDR QMLA2012012812011](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2012012812011), Jan 28, 2012: TRANSMISSION. MAKING METAL. WHILE ENROUTE, M/R TRANSMISION CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DIVERTED TO CLOSEST AIRPORT. PERFORM THE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN AN UNOCCUPIED SCHOOL YARD. INSPECTED CH
- [SDR QMLA2012011412005](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2012011412005), Jan 14, 2012: UNKNOWN. UNKNOWN. PILOT REPORTED, ENROUTE HEARD A LOUD "THUD" COMING FROM THE FLOOR IN THE VICINITY OF THE PILOTS STATION. THERE WERE NO FLUCTUATIONS ON ANY GAUGES, NO ABNORMAL F
- [SDR QMLA2011122911123](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2011122911123), Dec 29, 2011: UNKNOWN. UNKNOWN. THE PILOT AND MEDICAL CREW REPORTED HEARING A LOUD BANG COMING FROM INSIDE THE ACFT. THE NOISE OCURRED AS THE PILOT WAS PULLING PITCH TO LIFT FROM THE DOLLY. HE
- [SDR QMLA2011122811122](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2011122811122), Dec 28, 2011: UNKNOWN. UNKNOWN. THE PILOT AND MEDICAL CREW REPORTED HEARING A LOUD "BANG" WHEN TAKING OFF FROM HOSPITAL. THIS IS A RE-OCCURING ISSUE WITH THIS ACFT. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY RETUR
- [SDR QMLA2011121711119](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2011121711119), Dec 17, 2011: ACCESS PANEL. DAMAGED. AFTER TAKEOFF, WHILE PERFORMING A SLIGHT LEFT TURN, JUST PRIOR TO LEVELING OFF. HEARD A LOUD "THUD" FROM UNDERNEATH ACFT IN THE VICINITY OF PILOTS SEAT. IMMEDIA
- [SDR QMLA2011102311103](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2011102311103), Oct 23, 2011: UNKNOWN. ODOR. CREW REPORTED SMELLING FUEL THROUGHOUT THE CABIN APPROX 15 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT. THE ODOR LASTED FOR ABOUT A MINUTE, AND THEN DISAPPEARED. LANDED AT DESTINATION 
- [SDR BAQA20080002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BAQA20080002), Jan 24, 2008: BOLT. MISINSTALLED. WHILE PERFORMING AN 800 HOUR INSP OF THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES, FOUND 2 BLADES THAT THE BEARING PIN, EXPANSION BOLT, AND NUT WERE NOT INSTALLED PROPERLY BY THE MFG.

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA17FA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA190), May 25, 2017: Eurocopter Deutschland EC 135 (N62UP), New Castle, DE, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of helicopter control during a missed approach in instrument meteorological conditions due to spatial disorientation and the cumulative effects of task saturation.

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20170525007209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170525007209A), May 25, 2017: Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh EC 135 P2 (N62UP), Wilmington, DE, Destroyed, 1 fatal. N62UP departed acy enroute to ilg for a single pilot training flight. The pilot was initially given a 350 degree heading to join the localizer for ILS runway 1…
- [Incident 20101202052769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101202052769I), Dec 2, 2010: Eurocopter EC 135 P2 (N62UP), West Chester, PA, Minor damage. Helicopter N62UP while hover taxiing to its dolly blew equipment into the parked helicopter N922AB, a Robinson helicopter - R44, causing minor damage to the…

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