# Accident 20071115828129A: Urocop EC130B4, Meadview, AZ, November 15, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 2007, 13:20 local time
- Place: Meadview, AZ
- Airport: Pearce Ferry
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Rotors
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: M7KA
- Location: 36.0006° N, 114.0690° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0006&lon=-114.0690&mi=10
- Aircraft: N810MH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N810MH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter EC 130 B4 (registry code 8680989, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-ec-130-b4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UROCOP EC130B4
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08CA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071115828129A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 SEA08CA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA027), Nov 15, 2007: Eurocopter France EC 130 B4 (N810MH), Meadview, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The downward flexing of the standing helicopter's main rotor blades and subsequent impact with its tail boom as a result of another helicopter's rotor blade's vortices. .

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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