# Incident 20120220002199I: Eurocopter AS365N3, Belair, MD, February 20, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2012, 22:05 local time
- Place: Belair, MD
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Location: 39.5349° N, 76.3463° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bel Air, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5349&lon=-76.3463&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82MD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82MD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter AS365N3 (registry code 8680903, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as365n3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-2C (registry code 60054, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-2c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER AS365N3
- Reported engine: TURBOMECA ARRIEL 2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 650 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120220002199I

## Narrative

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

THIRD PARTY REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD FLAMES COMING FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE DURING LANDING AT A GROUND VEHICLE ACCIDENT SITE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINQUISHED BY FIRE FIGHTERS AT THE SCENE.NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS AT OBTAINING PILOT REPORTS FROM THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.

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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