# Accident 20070727016342A: Snias AS350B2, Phoenix, AR, July 27, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2007, 12:46 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4911° N, 112.0675° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4911&lon=-112.0675&mi=10
- Aircraft: N613TV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N613TV-2008-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter AS 350 B2 (registry code 8680950, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-b2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1SER (registry code 60030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350B2
- Reported engine: TMECA ARRIEL1D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX07MA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07MA231) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070727016342A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 27, 2007, ABOUT 1246 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, CHANNEL 3 (CH 3) AND CHANNEL 15 (CH 15) NEWS HELICOPTERS, N613TV AND N215TV, RESPECTIVELY, COLLIDED IN MID AIR WHILE MANEUVERING IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA. EACH HELICOPTER WAS AN AMERICAN EUROCOPTER AS 350 B2. MAC AMERICA COMMUNICATIONS AND US HELICOPTERS, INC., WERE OPERATING THE HELICOPTERS UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE COMMERCIAL PILOTS OF BOTH HELICOPTERS AND ONE PHOTOJOURNALIST IN EACH HEILICOPTER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. CH 15 DEPARTED SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, AT 1222, AND CH 3 DEPARTED SCOTTSDALE AT 1232, AS LOCAL CORPORATE FLIGHTS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE MAIN WRECKAGE FOR BOTH HELICOPTERS CAME TO REST IN A PARK ABOUT 75 FEET FROM EACH OTHER.

## 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 LAX07MA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07MA231), Jul 27, 2007: Eurocopter AS350-B2 (N613TV), Phoenix, AZ, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: Both pilots' failure to see and avoid the other helicopter. Contributing to this failure was the pilots' responsibility to perform reporting and visual tracking duties to support their station's ENG…

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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