# Incident 20080421831499I: Urocop EC130B4, London, KY, April 21, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2008, 13:00 local time
- Place: London, KY
- Airport: London-Corbin Airport-Magee Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Running(Helicopter/Vtol Ac)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: QMLA
- Location: 37.0869° N, 84.0774° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LONDON/CORBIN/MAGEE (LOZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0869&lon=-84.0774&mi=10
- Aircraft: N133LN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N133LN) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,600 total, 200 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080421831499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DUAL CONTROLS WERE INSTALLED IN THE AIRCRAFT AND THE CHECK AIRMAN WAS GIVING A 6 MONTH CHECK RIDE. BOTH PILOTS PERFORMED THE WALKAROUND PREFLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THEY STATED "ALL COWLING WAS CLOSED AT THAT TIME." THE PILOT RECEIVING INSTRUCTION GOT IN THE AIRCRAFT AND AFTER THAT HE SAID "THE CHECK PILOT TOLD HIM HE NOTED SOME OIL ON THE TRANSMISSION DECK UNDER THE INPUT QUILL AND NEEDED TO WIPE IT UP BEFORE THEY FLEW." THE CHECK PILOT VERIFIED DURING THE INTERVIEW THAT HE OPENED THE R.H. TRANSMISSION COWL AND WIPED THE OIL OFF THE DECK. HE ALSO SAID "HE WAS SURE HE CLOSED THE COWLING BACK, BUT KNOWING HOW THOSE COWLING LATCHES ARE DESIGNED IT WOULD BE VERY HARD FOR THE COWLING TO COME OPEN IF THEY WERE LATCHED." THE CHECK PILOT ALSO STATED HE RECEIVED TWO PHONE CALLS AND HAD TO GO BACK INSIDE TO GET CURRENT APPROACH PLATES PRIOR TO TAKEOFF." JUST AFTER TAKEOFF AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROX 75 TO 100 FEET AND AT AN AIRSPEED OF 50 TO 60 KTS BOTH PILOTS HEARD & FELT A LOUD BANG THEN SMALLER IMPACT NOISES. THERE WAS A CLEAR FIELD IN FRONT OF HIM SO PILOT RECEIVING INSTRUCTION LANDED THE HELICOPTER SAFELY. THE CHECK PILOT GOT OUT AND SAW THAT THE R.H. TRANSMISSION COWLING WAS DAMAGED AND OPEN.

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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