# Accident 20081001846439A: Euroco AS350B3, Blaine, WA, October 1, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2008, 19:00 local time
- Place: Blaine, WA
- Airport: Blaine Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.9900° N, 122.7322° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.9900&lon=-122.7322&mi=10
- Aircraft: N172AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N172AE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter AS 350 B3 (registry code 8680954, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-b3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-2B1 (registry code 60056, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-2b1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCO AS350B3
- Reported engine: TMECA ARRIEL2B1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09TA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09TA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081001846439A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 1, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 1900 PDT, N172AE, EUROCOPTER AS350 B3, SERIAL NUMBER 3839, WAS PERFORMING A YEARLY PROFICIENCY EXERCISE AND WAS PERFORMING EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FROM THE LEFT HAND PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 34 AT BLAINE MUNICIPAL.  THE HELICOPTER HAD COMPLETED TWO EMERGENCY PROCEDURE EXERCISES, THE FIRST EXERCISE WAS A RUN ON LANDING AND THE SECOND PERFORMED WAS A HYDRAULIC OFF LANDING.  ON THE THIRD EMERGENCY PROCEDURE EXERCISE WHILE PEFORMING A MANUAL GOVERNOR LANDING THE HELICOPTER MADE A HARD LANDING.  ON OCTOBER 2, 2008 INSPECTORS TRAVELED TO THE BLAINE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND NOTED THE FOLLOWING MARKINGS ON THE RUNWAY.  THERE WAS AN INITIAL TAIL SKID MARK FOLLOWED BY SCRAPING OF BOTH SKIDS AND 10 FEET AHEAD OF THOSE MARKS WAS A GOUGE ON THE RUNWAY FROM THE WIRE CUTTER, FOLLOWED BY ONE LONG LEFT SKID MARK AND A SHORTER RIGHT SKID MARK, FORWARD OF THOSE MARKS AT APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET THERE WERE CHATTER MARKS FOR ANOTHER 20 FEET TO WHERE THE HELICOPTER CAME TO A STOP.  TOTAL DISTANCE FROM THE FIRST MARKS TO WHERE THE HELICOPTER CAME TO REST WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET.

## 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 WPR09TA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09TA001), Oct 2, 2008: Eurocopter AS350B3 (N172AE), Blaine, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain main rotor rpm, which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident were the flight instructor's delayed remedial action and inadequate supervision of the…

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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