# Incident 20100704038179I: Eurocopter AS365N3, Dayton, OH, July 4, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2010, 03:09 local time
- Place: Dayton, OH
- Airport: Moraine Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QMLA
- Location: 39.6825° N, 84.2428° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6825&lon=-84.2428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N520CF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N520CF-2024-07-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter AS365N3 (registry code 8680903, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as365n3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-2C (registry code 60054, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-2c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER AS365N3
- Reported engine: TURBOMECA ARRIEL 2C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,120 total, 0 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10IA372](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10IA372) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100704038179I

## Narrative

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

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AT 2000 FEET, THE UPPER FRONT CORNER OF THE EMERGENCY EGRESS DOOR WAS DISLODGED, THE AIRSTREAM CAUGHT DOOR AND BENT THE TOP HALF DOWN TO WHERE IT CONTACTED THE LOWER PORTION OF THE DOOR. THE WINDOW DEPARTED THE DOOR AND STRUCK THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.   REVIEWED JEB 07/27/2010.

## 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 CEN10IA372](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10IA372), Jul 4, 2010: Eurocopter AS365N3 (N520CF), Dayton, OH, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The unintentional movement of the jettison handle in-flight due to the pilot’s dropping of a manual that impacted the handle and released the door window, which then impacted the horizontal…

## Other reports on N520CF (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20220726020089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220726020089A), Jul 26, 2022: Eurocopter AS365N3 (N520CF), Hamilton, OH, Destroyed. On 7/26/2022 at 0435, [privacy data omitted] Eurocopter AS365N3, while responding to an ems/haa call, the pilot struck high tension wires during approach to…
- [Incident 20140709010719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140709010719I), Jul 9, 2014: Eurocopter AS365N3 (N520CF), Moraine, OH, Minor damage. The helicopter was in a hover at night when the pilot noticed the helicopter in a slow rearward drift. When the pilot started to adjust for the drift the tail…

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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