# Accident 20180725017949A: Eurocopter AS 350 B3, Kobuk, AK, July 25, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2018, 10:45 local time
- Place: Kobuk, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Operator: O4VL
- Location: 66.9356° N, 156.7731° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.9356&lon=-156.7731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N354LA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N354LA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter AS 350 B3 (registry code 8680954, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-b3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER AS 350 B3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,813 total, 224 in this make and model, 194 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC18CA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC18CA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180725017949A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS GETTING READY TO SLING LOAD A BOX FULL OF CORE SAMPLES FROM A REMOTE AREA NORTHEAST OF KOBUK ALASKA.  AS HE LIFTED OFF AND HOVERED, HE KEPT AN EYE ON THE SLING TO ENSURE IT WAS NOT CAUGHT ON EITHER SKID.  HE WAS APPROXIMATELY 12 INCHES OFF THE GROUND AND NOTICED HE WAS MOVING TO THE RIGHT.  HE FELT THE RIGHT SKID BUMP THE GROUND.  HE APPLIED MORE COLLECTIVE TO GAIN SOME ALTITUDE.  AS SOON AS HE APPLIED MORE COLLECTIVE THE HELICOPTER ROLLED TO THE RIGHT CAUSING THE MAIN ROTOR TO IMPACT THE GROUND.  THE HELICOPTER HAD FLIPPED COMPLETELY ONTO ITS RIGHT SIDE.  THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 ANC18CA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC18CA056), Jul 25, 2018: Eurocopter AS 350 B3 (N354LA), Kobuk, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent dynamic rollover during takeoff.

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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