# Accident 20050110007249A: Urocop EC135P2, Oxon Hill, MD, January 10, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2005, 23:10 local time
- Place: Oxon Hill, MD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: A1UA
- Location: 38.7836° N, 77.0192° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7836&lon=-77.0192&mi=10
- Aircraft: N136LN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N136LN-2008-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter Deutschland EC 135 P2 (registry code 5620027, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-deutschland-ec-135-p2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206B series (registry code 52135, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw206b-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UROCOP EC135P2
- Reported engine: PWA PW206B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,750 total, 2,450 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC05MA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05MA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050110007249A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) AFTER DROPPING OFF MEDIVAC PATIENT FLIGHT WAS RETURNING TO STAFFORD COUNTY AIRPORT. ON BOARD WAS PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PARAMEDIC, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND FLIGHT NURSE, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 NYC05MA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05MA039), Jan 11, 2005: Eurocopter Deutschland EC 135 P2 (N136LN), Oxon Hill, MD, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to identify and arrest the helicopter's descent, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain. Contributing to the accident were the dark night conditions, limited outside…

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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