20200729009899A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · American Eurocopter AS350B3 · Pioche, NV · July 29, 2020

Date
July 29, 2020 · 10:00 local
Place
Pioche, NV
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
Operator
SHBL
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N755AE
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR20LA244
Reported as
American Eurocopter AS350B3
Reported engine
Turbomeca ARRIEL-2D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor

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 July 29, 2020, at approximately 1115 PDT, the Nevada flight standards district office received notification of a part 133 helicopter crash involving a 2013 American Eurocopter Corp AS350B3 helicopter, registration number N755AE, serial number 7763. The aircraft was registered to privacy data omitted, privacy data omitted and was being leased and operated by privacy data omitted. The helicopter crashed under unknown circumstances in extreme mountainous terrain approximately five miles west of Pioche, Nevada.

As the FAA filed it

ON JULY 29, 2020, AT APPROXIMATELY 1115 PDT, THE NEVADA FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF A PART 133 HELICOPTER CRASH INVOLVING A 2013 AMERICAN EUROCOPTER CORP AS350B3 HELICOPTER, REGISTRATION NUMBER N755AE, SERIAL NUMBER 7763. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND WAS BEING LEASED AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE HELICOPTER CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES IN EXTREME MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES WEST OF PIOCHE, NEVADA.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.