# Accident 20220729007899A: Eurocopter AS 350 B2, Andalusia, AL, July 29, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2022, 15:00 local time
- Place: Andalusia, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QMLA
- Location: 31.3095° N, 86.4960° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3095&lon=-86.4960&mi=10
- Aircraft: N124LN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N124LN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter AS 350 B2 (registry code 8680950, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-b2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1D1 (registry code 60053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER AS 350 B2
- Reported engine: TURBOMECA ARRIEL 1D1
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 3
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,190 total, 625 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22FA343](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA343) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220729007899A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ON A 1 MILE FINAL FOR A HOSPITAL HELIPAD WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A SLOWTURN TO THE LEFT.  CREW MEMBER QUEIRED THE PILOT BUT GOT NO RESPONSE.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO BANK LEFT AND PITCH UP AS IT BEGAN TO DESCEND.  THE CREW MEMBER THEN VIGOROUSLY TRIED TO CONVERSE WITH THE PILOT BY SLAMMING THE BACK OF OF HIS SEAT BUT AGAIN GOT NOT RESPONSE.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN HIT WIRES AND TREES BEFORE STRIKING THE GROUND, COMING TO REST ON ITS RIGHT SIDE.

## 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 ERA22FA343](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA343), Jul 29, 2022: Eurocopter AS350 (N124LN), Andalusia, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s acute incapacitation by a syncopal episode, which resulted in the helicopter departing controlled flight and colliding with terrain.

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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