# Accident 20130607013579A: Eurocopter AS 350 B3, Grand Praire, TX, June 7, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2013, 21:40 local time
- Place: Grand Praire, TX
- Airport: Grand Prairie
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QMLA
- Location: 32.6964° N, 97.0475° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6964&lon=-97.0475&mi=10
- Aircraft: N106LN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N106LN-2013-12-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter AS 350 B3 (registry code 8680954, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-b3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1SER (registry code 60030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER AS 350 B3
- Reported engine: TURBOMECA ARRIEL 1SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 10,411 total, 1,640 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13FA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA331) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130607013579A

## Narrative

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

ON 06/07/2013 AT 2140 LOCAL TIME AN EUROCOPTER  AS 350 B3, OWNED BY CFS AIR LLC., OPERATED BY QMLA AIR METHODS UNDER PART 135. WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AFTER TRYING TO DO A GO AROUND AFTER HOVERING ABOVE RUNWAY 35. THIS WAS A TRAINING FLIGHT, THEY WERE PERFORMING SIMULATED HYDRAULICS FAILURE. THE CHECK PILOT HAD TO ASSIST THE PILOT IN TRYING TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED SPINNING TO THE LEFT WITH PITCH ATTITUDE CHANGES AND NOT CLIMBING. THEY IMPACTED THE SLOPING TERRAIN AWAY FROM THE RUNWAY AND ROLLED OVER ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THE HELICOPTER RECEIVED MAJOR DAMAGE.

## 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 CEN13FA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA331), Jun 8, 2013: Eurocopter AS 350 B3 (N106LN), Grand Prairie, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot receiving instruction's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during a simulated hydraulics failure training maneuver, which resulted in his loss of control of the helicopter and its…

## Other reports on N106LN (1)

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

- [Accident 20041102029139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041102029139A), Nov 2, 2004: Snias AS350B3 (N106LN), Sierra Vista, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot was responding to an EMS call when he took-off from the designated heli-pad on the roof top of Sierra Vista regional hospital. After an approx.…

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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