# Incident 20131024024449I: Eurocopter AS 350 B2, Odessa, TX, October 24, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2013, 22:13 local time
- Place: Odessa, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8457° N, 102.3676° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Odessa, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8457&lon=-102.3676&mi=10
- Aircraft: N140TX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER AS 350 B2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,073 total, 775 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131024024449I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 24, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 2205 CDT, AN INDIVIDUAL REFERENCED IN TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY (DPS), TEXAS HIGHWAY PATROL DIVISION OFFENSE REPORT TX3W610MOE3G, WAS ARRESTED FOR THE ALLEDGED ILLEGAL USE OF A LASER POINTER, WHEN HE DIRECTED A LASER BEAM AT A PUBLIC SERVICE DPS ROTORCRAFT HELICOPTER.

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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