20141216021289A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Eurocopter AS 350 B2 ECUREUIL · Bicknell, UT · December 16, 2014

Date
December 16, 2014 · 09:00 local
Place
Bicknell, UT
Phase of flight
Hover/Holding
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N352SL
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR15CA063
Reported as
Eurocopter AS 350 B2 Ecureuil
Reported engine
Turbomeca ARRIEL-1SER
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
3,567 total1,388 in this make and model130 in the last 90 days

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.

Aircraft was herding antelope off airport and settled with power resulting in a hard landing. The result was substantial damage to the tail boom and fuselage tail boom attach point.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS HERDING ANTELOPE OFF AIRPORT AND SETTLED WITH POWER RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING. THE RESULT WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE TAIL BOOM AND FUSELAGE TAIL BOOM ATTACH POINT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.