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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Eurocopter Deutschland EC 135 P2 · Longview, TX · June 30, 2018

Date
June 30, 2018 · 17:56 local
Place
Longview, TX
Airport
East Texas Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Hover/Holding
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
VE7A
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N308PH
Reported as
Eurocopter Deutschland EC 135 P2
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206B2
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total880 in this make and model25 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.

On June 30, 2018 at APPROXIMATELY1756 CDT, an EC-135, N308PH, owned and operated by phi air medical, LLC had an incident at the East Texas Regional Airport.(ggg) privacy data omitted the pilot, was bringing the helicopter to a hover prior to departing the ramp area. Approximately 3 feet off the ground, the door opened and the aircraft was quickly landed which caused minor damage. The weather was VFR with winds at 210 11 G17. One crewmember onboard, no injuries. The pilot held a commercial pilot, rotorcraft helicopter certificate.

As the FAA filed it

ON JUNE 30, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY1756 CDT, AN EC-135, N308PH, OWNED AND OPERATED BY PHI AIR MEDICAL, LLC HAD AN INCIDENT AT THE EAST TEXAS REGIONAL AIRPORT.(GGG) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE PILOT, WAS BRINGING THE HELICOPTER TO A HOVER PRIOR TO DEPARTING THE RAMP AREA. APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET OFF THE GROUND, THE DOOR OPENED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS QUICKLY LANDED WHICH CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE. THE WEATHER WAS VFR WITH WINDS AT 210 11 G17. ONE CREWMEMBER ONBOARD, NO INJURIES. THE PILOT HELD A COMMERCIAL PILOT, ROTORCRAFT HELICOPTER CERTIFICATE.