# Incident 20120128000789I: Eurocopter EC 130 B4, Grand Canyon, AZ, January 28, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2012, 12:45 local time
- Place: Grand Canyon, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PG9A
- Location: 36.0544° N, 112.1393° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Canyon, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0544&lon=-112.1393&mi=10
- Aircraft: N155GC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N155GC-2018-05-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter EC 130 B4 (registry code 8680989, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-ec-130-b4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-2B1 (registry code 60056, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-2b1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER EC 130 B4
- Reported engine: TURBOMECA ARRIEL 2B1
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,192 total, 29 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120128000789I

## Narrative

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

ON 1-28-2012 THE EC-130 AIRCRAFT LANDED  AT A COMPANY  UNIMPROVED LANDING SITE AT THE BASE OF THE GRAND CANYON. WHEN THE HELICOPTER TOUCHED DOWN ON THE SLOPED AREA THE AIRCRAFT PIVOTED REARWARD AND THE PILOT OVER CORRECTED PIVOTING THE AIRCRAFT FORWARD. THE LOWER NOSE SECTION OF THE HELICOPTER TOUCHED THE EMBANKMENT WHICH CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PITOT TUBE HOUSING.

## Other reports on N155GC (1)

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

- [Accident 20180210002219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180210002219A), Feb 10, 2018: Eurocopter EC 130 B4 (N155GC), Peach Springs, AZ, Destroyed, 5 fatal. On February 10, 2018 at approximately 5:15 p.m. MST an Airbus helicopters model EC130 B4 helicopter was involved in a fatal accident in the grand canyon…

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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