20071115828129A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Urocop EC 130 B4 · Meadview, AZ · November 15, 2007

Date
November 15, 2007 · 13:20 local
Place
Meadview, AZ
Airport
Pearce Ferry
Phase of flight
Idling Rotors
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
M7KA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N810MH
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA08CA027
Reported as
Urocop EC130B4
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,900 total1,000 in this make and model210 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Helicopter N810MH piloted by privacy data omitted landed on the south side of the fuel tank facing north with a total of five helicopters already landed and parked. After shutting down the engine the pilot privacy data omitted applied the rotor brake and locked it. The rotor was coasting to a stop when helicopter N807MH piloted by privacy data omitted approached the fuel tank to the right. Helicopter N810MH blade tip hit the aft tail boom drive shaft cover and damaged the cover and the drive shaft bearing induced from N807MH rotor down wash during the approach to land. All passengers were unloaded with no injuries, helicopter sustained substantial damage with no post fire.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) HELICOPTER N810MH PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE FUEL TANK FACING NORTH WITH A TOTAL OF FIVE HELICOPTERS ALREADY LANDED AND PARKED. AFTER SHUTTING DOWN THE ENGINE THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ APPLIED THE ROTOR BRAKE AND LOCKED IT. THE ROTOR WAS COASTING TO A STOP WHEN HELICOPTER N807MH PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ APPROACHED THE FUEL TANK TO THE RIGHT. HELICOPTER N810MH BLADE TIP HIT THE AFT TAIL BOOM DRIVE SHAFT COVER AND DAMAGED THE COVER AND THE DRIVE SHAFT BEARING INDUCED FROM N807MH ROTOR DOWN WASH DURING THE APPROACH TO LAND. ALL PASSENGERS WERE UNLOADED WITH NO INJURIES, HELICOPTER SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WITH NO POST FIRE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.