# Incident 20180630015779I: Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh EC 135 P2, Longview, TX, June 30, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2018, 17:56 local time
- Place: Longview, TX
- Airport: East Texas Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VE7A
- Location: 32.3840° N, 94.7115° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EAST TEXAS RGNL (GGG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3840&lon=-94.7115&mi=10
- Aircraft: N308PH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N308PH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter Deutschland EC 135 P2+ (registry code 5620030, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-deutschland-ec-135-p2-plus) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206B2 (registry code 52288, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw206b2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH EC 135 P2
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW206B2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 880 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180630015779I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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