# Incident 20130925018559I: Eurocopter AS365N3, California, MD, September 25, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2013, 12:36 local time
- Place: California, MD
- Airport: St Marys
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3157° N, 76.5522° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST MARY'S COUNTY RGNL (2W6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3157&lon=-76.5522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95MD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95MD-2018-06-04) (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: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 1,950 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130925018559I

## Narrative

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

ON 25 SEPTEMBER, 2013, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AN INSTRUCTOR PILOT FOR THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE, WAS ADMINISTERING AN ANNUAL CHECK RIDE FOR LINE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ALSO A PILOT FOR THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS A DOLPHIN HELICOPTER.

APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE INSTRUCTOR GAVE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE ON TAKEOFF.  AS PER ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RAISED THE LANDING AFTER THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE.

THE PILOTS COMPLETED THE ENGINE FAILURE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST ON DOWNWIND IN PREPARATION FOR A SIMULATED SINGLE ENGINE LANDING.  THE PILOTS FAILED TO COMPLETE THE LANDING CHECKLIST AND NEITHER NOTICED THE LANDING GEAR WARNING SYSTEM ACTIVATION.

THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 11 AT THE ST MARY?S AIRPORT WHILE THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED.

IMMEDIATELY AFTER TOUCH DOWN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD REALIZED THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND CALLED FOR ENGINE SHUTDOWN TO PREVENT POSSIBLE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE.

AFTER COMPLETING THE EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN CHECKLIST BOTH PILOTS EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT.

THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE.

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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