# Accident 20130222002089A: Eurocopter AS 350 B2, Oklahoma City, OK, February 22, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 2013, 05:42 local time
- Place: Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport: Integris Baptist Medical Cente
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 7EMA
- Location: 35.5656° N, 97.6469° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5656&lon=-97.6469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N917EM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N917EM-2018-01-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter AS 350 B2 (registry code 8680950, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-b2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER AS 350 B2
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL LTS101-700D-2
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,960 total, 202 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13FA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA174) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130222002089A

## Narrative

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

AIR AMBULANCE HELICOPTER WAS ON HELIPAD (OK19) FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 DAYS IN WINTRY CONDITIONS, SNOW, SLEET AND RAIN WITHOUT ENGINE INLET COVERS. HELICOPTER TOOK OFF FOR FLIGHT AT 0538 AND CRASHED APPROXIMATELY THREE AND A HALF MINUTES INTO FLIGHT. EYEWITNESS'S SAW A FLASH IN THE SKY THEN WATCHED AS THE AIRCRAFT STARTED DESCENDING UNTIL IT CRASHED.  HELICOPTER CAUGHT FIRE ON IMPACT. PILOT AND FLIGHT NURSE DID NOT SURVIVE, EYEWITNESS'S RESCUED FLIGHT PARAMEDIC. APPEARS THAT HELICOPTER WAS NOT UNDER ENGINE POWER ON IMPACT. ENGINE WAS SENT TO MANUFACTURER BY NTSB FOR TEARDOWN AT FUTURE DATE.

## 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 CEN13FA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA174), Feb 22, 2013: Eurocopter AS 350 B2 (N917EM), Oklahoma City, OK, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to engine ice ingestion during initial climb after takeoff in dark night light conditions. Contributing to the accident were the lack of an installed engine air inlet…

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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