# Incident 20180331018631I: Eurocopter AS 350 B2, Santa Ana, CA, March 31, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2018, 14:30 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne Airport-Orange Coun
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6757° N, 117.8682° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN WAYNE/ORANGE COUNTY (SNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6757&lon=-117.8682&mi=10
- Aircraft: N183SD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N183SD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Helicopters AS350B3 (registry code 1145005, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-helicopters-as350b3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Safran ARRIEL-2D (registry code 59997, https://openairdocs.org/engine/safran-arriel-2d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER AS 350 B2
- Reported engine: TURBOMECA ARRIEL 1D1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180331018631I

## Narrative

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

N509JE, A CESSNA 208 ON TAXI OUT OF THE RAMP AREA STRUCK A PARKED SHERIFF HELO ROTOR WITH LEFT WINGTIP.

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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