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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Eurocopter AS 350 BA · Hamilton, MT · May 4, 2015

Date
May 4, 2015 · 15:00 local
Place
Hamilton, MT
Airport
Ravalli County
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N504WD
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC15LA076
Reported as
Eurocopter AS 350 BA
Reported engine
Turbomeca ARRIEL-1B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
18,000 total529 in this make and model107 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.

During power off auto rotation training, the rotorcraft experienced a hard landing resulting in significant damage to the tailboom aft of the fuselage/tailboom attach point.

As the FAA filed it

DURING POWER OFF AUTO ROTATION TRAINING, THE ROTORCRAFT EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE TAILBOOM AFT OF THE FUSELAGE/TAILBOOM 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.