# Incident 20140423005889I: Eurocopter AS 350 B2, Panama City, FL, April 23, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2014, 12:52 local time
- Place: Panama City, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QMLA
- Location: 30.1588° N, 85.6602° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Panama City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1588&lon=-85.6602&mi=10
- Aircraft: N547AM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N547AM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter AS 350 B2 (registry code 8680950, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-b2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1D1 (registry code 60053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER AS 350 B2
- Reported engine: TURBOMECA ARRIEL 1D1
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,200 total, 240 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140423005889I

## Narrative

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

AFTER PATIENT PICK UP PILOT DEPARTED GADSDEN COUNTY (HELIPAD), ENROUTE TO BAY FRONT MEDICAL CENTER, TO DROP OF PASSENGER, DURING HELICOPTER LANDING TAIL ROTOR BLADE STRUCK PLASTIC CHAIN LINK LINE THAT WAS SURROUNDING HELIPAD AT THE MEDICAL CENTER. PILOT STATED THAT HELICOPTER WAS HOVERING AND DRIFTED BACKWARDS; WHICH RESULTED IN THE TAIL ROTOR BLADE BEING DAMAGED, BOTH BLADES COUNTER WEIGHT SUPPORT BRACKETS WERE DAMAGED, ONE EACH BLADE SHOWED A 2 INCH IN LENGTH DENT AT NOSE CAP AND SPAR.  LOWER VERTICAL FIN SHOWED MARKS AND SCRATCHES. HELICOPTER LANDED SAFELY WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO HELICOPTER AND NO INJURIES TO CREW OR PASSENGER.

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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