# Incident 20070601008329I: Urocop EC130B4, Cedar Rapids, IA, June 1, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2007, 22:25 local time
- Place: Cedar Rapids, IA
- Airport: Cedar Rapids Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QMLA
- Location: 42.0083° N, 91.6441° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cedar Rapids, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0083&lon=-91.6441&mi=10
- Aircraft: N151AC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N151AC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter EC 130 B4 (registry code 8680989, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-ec-130-b4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-2B1 (registry code 60056, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-2b1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UROCOP EC130B4
- Reported engine: TMECA ARRIEL2B1
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,300 total, 400 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070601008329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 1, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 22:30 LOCAL TIME, AIR METHODS CORP. WAS ENGAGED IN A MEDICAL FLIGHT TRANSPORTING A PATIENT FROM ST. LUKES HOSPITAL IN CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, TO THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS IN IOWA CITY, IOWA. APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD SOUND ACCOMPANIED BY A YAWING OF THE AIRCRAFT. ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS AND THE INSTRUMENT READINGS APPEARED NORMAL, THE PILOT ELECTED TO DIVERT TO THE CEDAR RAPIDS AIRPORT FOR A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. ON APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO YAW OR TORQUE AND THE PILOT REPORTED A PERCEIVED PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND INITIATED AN AUTOROTATION. AFTER A SUCCESSFUL AUTOROTATIVE LANDING ON RUNWAY 27, THE PILOT INSTRUCTED THE MEDICAL TEAM TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT AND SHUT DOWN USING THE ENGINE START SWITCH.

## Other reports on N151AC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20040408005959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040408005959A), Apr 8, 2004: Urocop EC130B4 (N151AC), Denver, CO, Substantial damage. (-23) On April 8, 2004 at 1300 MST, a Eurocopter EC-130-B4, N151AC, was substantially damaged when it encountered the terrain and rolled over at Front Range…

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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