# Accident 20100722049609A: Eurocopter AS 350 B2, Kingfisher, OK, July 22, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2010, 19:25 local time
- Place: Kingfisher, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 7EMA
- Location: 35.7825° N, 97.9142° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7825&lon=-97.9142&mi=10
- Aircraft: N918EM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N918EM-2012-03-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter AS 350 B2 (registry code 8680950, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-b2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1SER (registry code 60030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER AS 350 B2
- Reported engine: TURBOMECA ARRIEL 1SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 12,241 total, 0 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10FA424](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA424) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100722049609A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 22, 2010, APPROXIMATELY 1925 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A EUROCOPTER AS 350 B2, N918EM, OWNED AND OPERATED BY EAGLEMED LLC, WAS DESTROYED UPON IMPACT WITH TERRAIN NEAR KINGFISHER, OKLAHOMA. A POST-CRASH FIRE ENSUED. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND ONE FLIGHT NURSE WERE FATALLY INJURED. ONE PARAMEDIC FLIGHT NURSE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) COMPANY FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 POSITIONING FLIGHT. THE HELICOPTER DEPARTED INTEGRIS BAPTIST MEDICAL HOSPITAL HELIPORT (OK19), OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, AT 1913 TO PICK UP A PATIENT IN OKEENE, OKLAHOMA.A WITNESS OBSERVED THE HELICOPTER AS IT WAS FLYING THROUGH A SPARSE TREE LINE. HE DESCRIBED THE HELICOPTER IN A NOSE-HIGH ATTITUDE WITH A ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT AROUND THE TAIL BOOM SECTION. THE TREE LINE OBSCURED HIS VISION OF THE CRASH SEQUENCE.THE HELICOPTER'S POSITION WAS MONITORED USING SKY CONNECT, CONFIGURED TO REPORT A POSITION ABOUT EVERY FIVE MINUTES. THE LAST POSITION REPORT WAS GIVEN AT 1919 WHEN THE HELICOPTER WAS AT 1,509 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL, FLYING NORTHWEST AT 131 KNOTS. THIS LAST REPORTED POSITION WAS APPROXIMATELY 11 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE.

## 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 CEN10FA424](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA424), Jul 23, 2010: Eurocopter AS 350 B2 (N918EM), Kingfisher, OK, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s impaired judgment, due to medications, which led to an abrupt low-level maneuver and subsequent impact with trees and terrain.

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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