# Incident 20161128023389I: Eurocopter 130-T2, Cookeville, TN, November 28, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 2016, 15:34 local time
- Place: Cookeville, TN
- Airport: Vanderbilt Helipad Cookeville
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QLMA
- Location: 36.1628° N, 85.5016° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cookeville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1628&lon=-85.5016&mi=10
- Aircraft: N107VU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N107VU-2026-01-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Helicopters EC 130 T2 (registry code 1145302, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-helicopters-ec-130-t2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-2D (registry code 60080, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-2d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER 130-T2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 37 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161128023389I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WITH COMMERICAL PRIVILEGES, LANDED A EMB-130T2 IN A GRAVEL AREA ADJACENT TO THE HELIPAD. TWO CREW MEMBERS DISEMBARKED IN ORDER FOR THE PILOT TO ATTEMPT A LANDING ONTO A PORTABLE DOLLY.

PILOT LIFTED OFF AND ATTEMPED  A LANDING ON THE PORTABLE (DOLLY) LANDING PLATFORM.  AT THE TIME OF THE ATTEMPED LANDING WEATHER WAS REPORTED AS WINDS APPROXIMATELY 20MPH WITH GUST UP TO 34MPH, THIS WIND WAS FROM THE SOUTH AND CREATED A TAILWIND ON THE HELICOPTER. THIS WIND CAUSED THE PILOT TO LOSE CONTROL UPON TOUCH DOWN AND  SLID HALFWAY OFF THE DOLLY.

(NOT A CONTINUOUS SURFACE) THERE IS A GAP OF APPROXIMATELY 2 FEET BETWEEN  TOUCH DOWN POINTS.  THE RIGHT SKID BECAME LODGED UNDER THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DOLLY.  PILOT SHUTDOWN AIRCRAFT AND COMPLETED A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT.  DAMAGE WAS MINOR, SLIGHT BUCKLE OF LEFT SIDE OF FUSELOGE AND FINASTRON SKID PLATE SCRAPED THE HARD SURFACE.

## Other reports on N107VU (1)

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

- [Accident 20251108017609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251108017609A), Nov 8, 2025: Airbus Helicopters EC 130 T2 (N107VU), Lebanon, TN, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Pilot flying EC130 became incapacitated and lost control of the aircraft. During descent, struck tree tops and the aircraft impacted the ground. Aircraft…

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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