# Accident 20111207028539A: Eurocopter France AS350B2, Las Vegas, NV, December 7, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 2011, 16:37 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: KBMA
- Location: 36.1696° N, 115.1190° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1696&lon=-115.1190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37SH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N37SH-2017-09-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter France AS350B2 (registry code 8680973, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-france-as350b2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1SER (registry code 60030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER FRANCE AS350B2
- Reported engine: TURBOMECA ARRIEL 1SER
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA12MA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12MA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111207028539A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT CAME OUT OF 100 HOUR INSPECTION, INSPECTED AND SIGNED OFF TO FLY.TEST FLOWN BY MAINTENANCE PILOT AND RELEASED TO FLY AIR TOURS. THE AIRCRAFT FLEW TWO COMPLETE GRAND CANYON TOURS  LASTING APPROXIMATLY 2.3 HOURS. ON THE THIRD TOUR WHICH LASTED APPROXIMATLY .6 HOUR THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED. THE ENGINE, FORE AND AFT SERVO AND TAIL ROTOR SERVO WERE CHANGED AT THE 100 HOUR INSPECTION.

## 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 DCA12MA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12MA020), Dec 8, 2011: Eurocopter France AS350B2 (N37SH), Las Vegas, NV, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: Sundance Helicopters’ inadequate maintenance of the helicopter, including (1) the improper reuse of a degraded self-locking nut, (2) the improper or lack of installation of a split pin, and (3)…

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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