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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Eurocopter AS 350 BA · Kahului, HI · May 5, 2010

Date
May 5, 2010 · 15:10 local
Place
Kahului, HI
Airport
Kahului
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
X33A
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N601H
Reported as
Eurocopter AS 350 BA
Reported engine
Turbomeca ARRIEL
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Made a non-emergency precautionary landing on runway 2 due to a hydraulic problem. Helicopter shut down on runway. The four passengers were shuttled to the company facility and the helicopter was towed to a hangar. Spline on pump and drive coupling worn. Removed and replaced pump and drive coupling.

As the FAA filed it

MADE A NON-EMERGENCY PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON RUNWAY 2 DUE TO A HYDRAULIC PROBLEM. HELICOPTER SHUT DOWN ON RUNWAY. THE FOUR PASSENGERS WERE SHUTTLED TO THE COMPANY FACILITY AND THE HELICOPTER WAS TOWED TO A HANGAR. SPLINE ON PUMP AND DRIVE COUPLING WORN. REMOVED AND REPLACED PUMP AND DRIVE COUPLING.