37.9538° N, 107.9087° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at TELLURIDE RGNL (TEX), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
September 6, 2015 · 17:17 local
Place
Ironton, CO
Airport
Telluride Regional
Phase of flight
Hover/Holding
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
QMLA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N914SM
Reported as
Eurocopter AS 350 B3
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,790 total55 in this make and model23 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.
Upon landing, the pilot's tail rotor struck some branches of a bush causing minor damage.
As the FAA filed it
UPON LANDING, THE PILOT'S TAIL ROTOR STRUCK SOME BRANCHES OF A BUSH CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.