# Incident 20141125023549I: Eurocopter EC 130 T2, Peach Springs, AZ, November 25, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 2014, 10:45 local time
- Place: Peach Springs, AZ
- Airport: Grand Canyon West
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: M7KA
- Location: 35.9861° N, 113.8169° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRAND CANYON WEST (1G4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9861&lon=-113.8169&mi=10
- Aircraft: N876MH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N876MH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter EC 130 T2 (registry code 868099A, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-ec-130-t2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-2D (registry code 60080, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-2d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER EC 130 T2
- Reported engine: TURBOMECA ARRIEL 2D
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,784 total, 94 in this make and model, 206 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141125023549I

## Narrative

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

11/25/2014 ? RECEIVED PHONE CALL FROM POI MAVERICK HELICOPTERS, REFERENCE HELICOPTER, N876MH AN EC-130-T2 MODEL HELICOPTER, OPERATED BY MAVERICK HELICOPTERS (M7KA) THAT HAD INGESTED A SUN SCREEN THROUGH THE TAIL BOOM FENESTRON, WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH INTO THE GRAND CANYON. WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS THAT THE PILOT ON N876MH HAD AN INDICATION OF AN OPEN BAGGAGE DOOR LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. AS THE PILOT DESCENDED INTO THE GRAND CANYON THE BAGGAGE DOOR OPENED AND A SUN SCREEN EXITED THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT; WHICH THEN ENTERED THE FENESTRON; WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE TAIL BOOM OF THE HELICOPTER; WHICH BECAME SHREDDED AND CAUSED THE FENESTRON BLADES TO BECOME DAMAGED AND CAUSING THE TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT TO HAVE A LIMITED ?SUDDEN STOPPAGE?; WHICH WAS INDICATED BY THE TAIL DRIVE SHAFT FASTENERS INDICATING A CRACK AT SPECIFIC ATTACHING POINTS.

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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