# Incident 20141202021019I: Eurocopter AS 350 B3, Watkins, CO, December 2, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 2014, 20:15 local time
- Place: Watkins, CO
- Airport: Front Range
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QMLA
- Location: 39.6984° N, 104.5772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Watkins, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6984&lon=-104.5772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N108LN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N108LN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter AS 350 B3 (registry code 8680954, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-b3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER AS 350 B3
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141202021019I

## Narrative

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

ON 12/02/2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 2015 MST, N108LN AN AIRBUS HELICOPTER AS-350-B3 SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE TAIL ROTOR BLADES AFTER MAKING CONTACT WITH AN 8 FOOT SAPLING DURING CONFINED AREA OPERATIONS. THE TWO CREW MEMBERS WERE NOT INJURED. WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VMC.

## Other reports on N108LN (1)

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

- [Incident 20141025019879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141025019879I), Oct 25, 2014: Eurocopter AS 350 B3 (N108LN), Watkins, CO, Minor damage. On training instrument approach to runway 35 at night under nvis when the aircraft had reached decision height (200 feet AGL) the check airman (ace) took the…

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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