# Incident 20141021018089I: Eurocopter EC 130 B4, Pasadena, TX, October 21, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2014, 01:15 local time
- Place: Pasadena, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6911° N, 95.2091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pasadena, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6911&lon=-95.2091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N145PR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N145PR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter EC 130 B4 (registry code 8680989, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-ec-130-b4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-2B1 (registry code 60056, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-2b1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER EC 130 B4
- Reported engine: TURBOMECA ARRIEL 2B1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141021018089I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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