# Accident 20130330006199A: Eurocopter AS 350 B3, Talkeetna, AK, March 30, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2013, 22:15 local time
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Airport: Talkeetna
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.3214° N, 149.9339° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3214&lon=-149.9339&mi=10
- Aircraft: N911AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N911AA-2013-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter AS 350 B3 (registry code 8680954, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-b3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-2B1 (registry code 60056, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-2b1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER AS 350 B3
- Reported engine: TURBOMECA ARRIEL 2B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC13GA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13GA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130330006199A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS DISPATCHED FROM ANC TO THE TALKEETNA AREA ON A SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSION. THE PILOT WENT TO THE TALKEETNA TROOPER STATION TO PICK UP A STATE TROOPER FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSISTANCE. THE TROOPER HELICOPTER DEPARTED TALKEETNA ENROUTE TO LARSON LAKE AREA SEARCHING FOR THE INJURED SNOWMOBILE OPERATOR. THE RESCUE TEAM LOCATED THE INDIVIDUAL AND LANDED ON A SMALL LAKE TO RETRIEVE THIS INDIVIDUAL FOR MEDICAL TRANSPORT. THE PILOT REPORTED TO DISPATCH THAT HE WAS ENROUTE TO THE MEDICAL PICK UP LOCATION. THE AIRCRAFT NEVER ARRIVED AT THE PICK UP LOCATION AND THERE WAS NO FURTHER RADIO CONTACT FROM THE TROOPER HELICOPTER. THE HELICOPTER WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED THE NEXT MORNING APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES FROM WHERE THE MEDICAL PATIENT WAS LOCATED. THE PILOT APPEARS TO HAVE BECOME DISORIENTED IN FLIGHT, STRUCK SOME TREES PRIOR TO A FORCEFUL CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. THE HELICOPTER RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE PRIOR TO THE POST IMPACT FIRE.

## 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 ANC13GA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13GA036), Mar 31, 2013: Eurocopter AS350 (N911AA), Talkeetna, AK, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to continue flight under visual flight rules into deteriorating weather conditions, which resulted in the pilot's spatial disorientation and loss of control. Also causal was the…

## Other reports on N911AA (1)

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

- [Accident 20060421006519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060421006519A), Apr 21, 2006: Snias AS350B3 (N911AA), Kenai, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot and two Alaska state troopers were on a search mission for a reported missing person. The pilot was using night vision goggles when the…

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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