# Accident 20110826028399A: Eurocopter AS 350 B2, Kearney, MO, August 26, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2011, 18:41 local time
- Place: Kearney, MO
- Airport: Midwest National Air Center
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QMLA
- Location: 39.3567° N, 94.2975° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3567&lon=-94.2975&mi=10
- Aircraft: N352LN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N352LN-2018-01-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter AS 350 B2 (registry code 8680950, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-b2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1D1 (registry code 60053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER AS 350 B2
- Reported engine: TURBOMECA ARRIEL 1D1
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,240 total, 136 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11FA599](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11FA599) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110826028399A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 26, 2011, AT APPROXIMATELY 1841 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (CDT) (2341Z), N352LN, AN AEROSPATIALE AS350B2, OWNED AND OPERATED BY AIR METHODS CORPORATION DOING BUSINESS AS LIFENET, CRASHED IN MOSBY, MISSOURI, APPROXIMATELY 1 NAUTICAL MILE NORTHEAST OF MIDWEST NATIONAL AIR CENTER AIRPORT, MOSBY, MISSOURI (GPH).  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT FORCES.  ON BOARD WERE THE PILOT, A FLIGHT NURSE, A PARAMEDIC AND A PATIENT; ALL RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.  THERE WERE NO GROUND INJURIES OR SIGNIFICANT GROUND DAMAGE.  WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH WAS VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, WIND FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT 4 KNOTS.

## 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 CEN11FA599](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11FA599), Aug 26, 2011: Eurocopter AS-350-B2 (N352LN), Mosby, MO, substantial damage, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to confirm that the helicopter had adequate fuel on board to complete the mission before making the first departure, his improper decision to continue the mission and make a…

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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