# Accident 20131023021819A: American Eurocopter Corp AS350B3, Eagle Pass, TX, October 23, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2013, 15:26 local time
- Place: Eagle Pass, TX
- Airport: Comanche Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.6206° N, 100.1564° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6206&lon=-100.1564&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1CR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN EUROCOPTER CORP AS350B3
- Reported engine: TURBOMECA ARRIEL 2D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 160 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14CA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131023021819A

## Narrative

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

PILOTS WERE PERFORMING TOUCHDOWN AUTOROTATION TRAINING TO A GRASS SURFACE.  RATED PILOT RECEIVING INSTRUCTION PERFORMED A TOUCHDOWN AUTOROTATION.  FOLLOWING THE TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLIDING FORWARD WHEN THE SKIDS  DUG INTO THE SURFACE, PITCHING THE AIRCRAFT NOSE DOWN / TAIL UP, FOLLOWED BY THE AIRCRAFT FALLING ONTO ITS RIGHT SIDE.

THERE WERE NO INJURIES, NO POST-CRASH FIRE AND NO FUEL SPILL.  AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL 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 CEN14CA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA016), Oct 23, 2013: American Eurocopter AS350B3 (N1CR), Eagle Pass, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The abnormal contact of the helicopter's skids with the landing surface, which resulted in a rollover.

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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