# Incident 20091116021639I: Urocop EC130B4, Kahului, HI, November 16, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 2009, 12:36 local time
- Place: Kahului, HI
- Airport: Kahului
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HCMA
- Location: 20.8986° N, 156.4305° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KAHULUI (OGG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.8986&lon=-156.4305&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11QF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N11QF) (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
- Reported engine: TMECA ARRIEL2B1
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091116021639I

## Narrative

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

N11QF, EC 130 B4, OPERATED PART 135 BY BLUE HAWAIIAN, ON RETURN FROM SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT, DECLARED MAYDAY WITH AN ENGINE FAILURE (CHIP WARNING) AND FORCE LANDED IN AN 8 FEET HIGH SUGAR FIELD 1/2 MILE SOUTHEAST OF THE MAUI AIRPORT.  MINOR DAMAGE TO THE STINGER.  NO INJURIES REPORTED.

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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