# Incident 20160505004999I: Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh MBB-BK 117 C-2, Longview, TX, May 5, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2016, 09:45 local time
- Place: Longview, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QMLA
- Location: 32.5007° N, 94.7405° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Longview, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5007&lon=-94.7405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N745TX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N745TX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter Deutschland MBB-BK 117 C-2 (registry code 5626002, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-deutschland-mbb-bk-117-c-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1E2 (registry code 60035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1e2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH MBB-BK 117 C-2
- Reported engine: TURBOMECA ARRIEL 1E2
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 9,200 total, 220 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160505004999I

## Narrative

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

PILOT RECEIVED A DISPATCH @ 0813. PILOT NOTIFIED THE MECHANIC WHO WAS IN THE PROCESS OF FINISHING HIS DAILY AIRWORTHINESS CHECK. THE PILOT CLOSED ALL OPEN COWLINGS AND MOVED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RAMP AS THE MECHANIC FINISHED COMPLETING THE MAINTENANCE LOGBOOK ENTRIES. PILOT COMPLETED HIS WALK AROUND OF THE HELICOPTER. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED (GGG) AND LANDED AT HARLETON, TX FOR PATIENT SCENE PICKUP. HELICOPTER DEPARTED SCENE FOR LONGVIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL. COMPLETED PATIENT TRANSFER AND DEPARTED HOSPITAL FOR (GGG). THE PILOT HEARD A NOISE WHEN TURNING FINAL AND HAD AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. POSTFLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE R/H CREST COWLING DUE TO CONTACT WITH M/R BLADES. DAMAGE TO THE M/R BLADES WAS NEGLIGIBLE.

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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