# Incident 20101202052769I: Eurocopter EC 135 P2, West Chester, PA, December 2, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 2010, 12:30 local time
- Place: West Chester, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QMLA
- Location: 39.9599° N, 75.6054° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Chester, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9599&lon=-75.6054&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62UP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62UP-2019-10-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter Deutschland EC 135 P2 (registry code 5620027, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-deutschland-ec-135-p2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER EC 135 P2
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,750 total, 305 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101202052769I

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER N62UP WHILE HOVER TAXIING TO ITS DOLLY BLEW EQUIPMENT INTO THE PARKED HELICOPTER N922AB, A ROBINSON HELICOPTER - R44, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT PASSENGER WINDOW AND LEFT REAR FUSELAGE AND STRUT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO N62UP. AMENDED 09/24/2012: CORRECTED PILOT'S FIRST NAME.

## Other reports on N62UP (1)

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

- [Accident 20170525007209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170525007209A), May 25, 2017: Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh EC 135 P2 (N62UP), Wilmington, DE, Destroyed, 1 fatal. N62UP departed acy enroute to ilg for a single pilot training flight. The pilot was initially given a 350 degree heading to join the localizer for ILS runway 1…

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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