# Accident 20170525007209A: Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh EC 135 P2, Wilmington, DE, May 25, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2017, 11:30 local time
- Place: Wilmington, DE
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HDNA
- Location: 39.6592° N, 75.6011° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6592&lon=-75.6011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62UP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62UP-2019-10-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter Deutschland EC 135 P2 (registry code 5620027, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-deutschland-ec-135-p2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH EC 135 P2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,829 total, 602 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17FA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA190) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170525007209A

## Narrative

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

N62UP DEPARTED ACY ENROUTE TO ILG FOR A SINGLE PILOT TRAINING FLIGHT. THE PILOT WAS INITIALLY GIVEN A 350 DEGREE HEADING TO JOIN THE LOCALIZER FOR ILS RUNWAY 1 FOR THE APPROACH BY PHL SOUTH DEPARTURE CONTROLLER. THE SD CONTROLLER INSTRUCTED 62UP TO TURN AN ADDITIONAL 10 DEGREES LEFT. N62UP WAS NOT INSTRUCTED TO JOIN THE LOCALIZER AND WAS CLEARED FOR THE ILS APPROACH AFTER THE AIRCRAFT HAD FLOWN THROUGH THE LOCALIZER AND WAS INSIDE THE APPROACH GATE 2 MILES FROM THE OUTER MARKER. THE PILOT OF N62UP CORRECTED BACK ONTO COURSE AT APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE PRIOR TO THE OUTER MARKER. AFTER THE PILOT CALLED PASSING HADEN OUTER MARKER HE REMAINED ABOVE THE GLIDE SLOPE THE ENTIRE APPROACH CHANGING ALTITUDE SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE HIGHEST BEING 2600 FEET AT 1.7 MILES TO 2100 FEET AT 1.4 MILES FROM THE MISSED APPROACH POINT. THE PILOT DECLARED A MISSED APPROACH WITH ILG TOWER AT THIS POINT. IT WAS IN THIS LOCATION THAT THE RADAR AND COMMUNICATION WAS LOST WITH N62UP. LAST RADAR CONTACT AND COMMUNICATION WITH N62UP WAS AT 2100 FEET, RIGHT OF LOCALIZER. 113 KTS, HEADING 017 DEGREES AND APPROXIMATELY 1/10 OF A MILE FROM WHERE THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA17FA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA190), May 25, 2017: Eurocopter Deutschland EC 135 (N62UP), New Castle, DE, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of helicopter control during a missed approach in instrument meteorological conditions due to spatial disorientation and the cumulative effects of task saturation.

## Other reports on N62UP (1)

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

- [Incident 20101202052769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101202052769I), Dec 2, 2010: Eurocopter EC 135 P2 (N62UP), West Chester, PA, Minor damage. Helicopter N62UP while hover taxiing to its dolly blew equipment into the parked helicopter N922AB, a Robinson helicopter - R44, causing minor damage to the…

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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