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FAA incident report · Eurocopter EC 130 B4 · Pasadena, TX · October 21, 2014

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Date
October 21, 2014 · 01:15 local
Place
Pasadena, TX
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N145PR
Reported as
Eurocopter EC 130 B4
Reported engine
Turbomeca ARRIEL-2B1
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,200 total1,100 in this make and model250 in the last 90 days
N145PRRegistered now · Eurocopter EC 130 B4S/N 7349 · Built 2012Airframe modelEurocopter EC 130 B4Engine modelTurbomeca ARRIEL-2B1Turbo-shaft

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The aircraft had just cleared the hobby airport (hou) class b airspace when the servo and hydraulic annunciators illuminated followed shortly thereafter by heavy cockpit smoke. The pilot declared an emergency and made a normal landing at the bobby shaw intermediate school basketball court, located at 1201 houston ave, Pasadena Texas 77502. The pilot shutdown the helicopter and exited the aircraft with his passenger. Pilot and passenger had no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT HAD JUST CLEARED THE HOBBY AIRPORT (HOU) CLASS B AIRSPACE WHEN THE SERVO AND HYDRAULIC ANNUNCIATORS ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED SHORTLY THEREAFTER BY HEAVY COCKPIT SMOKE. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND MADE A NORMAL LANDING AT THE BOBBY SHAW INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL BASKETBALL COURT, LOCATED AT 1201 HOUSTON AVE, PASADENA TEXAS 77502. THE PILOT SHUTDOWN THE HELICOPTER AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH HIS PASSENGER. PILOT AND PASSENGER HAD NO INJURIES.