# Incident 20140601009989I: Eurocopter AS 350 B2, Amarillo, TX, June 1, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2014, 00:55 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2220° N, 101.8313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amarillo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2220&lon=-101.8313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N244TX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N244TX) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140601009989I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 1, 2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 00:55 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, WHILE ON  AERIAL PATROL OVER AMARILLO, TEXAS,  A DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY (DPS) PILOT REPORTED THAT THE  FLIGHT CREW MEMBERS OF THE HELICOPTER WERE  ILLUMINATED BY A GREEN LASER ON TWO OCCASIONS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.  THE LOCATION OF THE LASER WAS RADIOED TO GROUND UNITS, AND THE INDIVIDUALS WERE APPREHENDED.

## Other reports on N244TX (1)

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

- [Incident 20120701014059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120701014059I), Jul 1, 2012: Eurocopter AS 350 B2 (N244TX), Amarillo, TX, No damage. On July 1, 2012 at approximately 01:11AM (CDT), while flying at 900 feet AGL over the north side of Amarillo, Texas, Texas dps helicopter #109 was struck by a…

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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