# Accident 20100118025989A: Eurocopter AS 350 B2, Nyc, NY, January 18, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2010, 17:33 local time
- Place: Nyc, NY
- Airport: West 30th St.
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: MHIA
- Location: 40.7544° N, 74.0069° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7544&lon=-74.0069&mi=10
- Aircraft: N696BH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER AS 350 B2
- Reported engine: TURBOMECA ARRIEL 1D1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 128 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100118025989A

## Narrative

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

DURING A DESCENT TO LANDING THE PILOT FELT A VIBRATION DEVELOPING IN THE HELICOPTERS ANTI-TORQUE PEDALS , CYCLIC CONTROL AND AIRFRAME. UPON LANDING THE PILOT ROLLED OFF THE THROTTLE TO FLIGHT IDLE AND THE VIBRATIONS WORSENED UNTIL THE MAIN ROTOR STOPPED. A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED DAMAGE TO ONE OF THE TAIL ROTOR BLADES AND DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TAIL BOOM OF THE HELICOPTER. THE TAIL ROTOR PITCH LINK WAS DETACHED FROM ITS CONNECTING POINT. THE RETENSION BOLT WAS NOT PRESENT.

## 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 ERA10LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA118), Jan 18, 2010: Eurocopter AS 350 B2 (N696BH), New York, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of maintenance personnel to properly secure one tail rotor pitch change link to its respective tail rotor blade resulting in an in-flight separation of the link from the blade.…

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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