# Accident 20240210020049A: Airbus Helicopters EC-130B4, Halloran Spring, CA, February 10, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 2024, 22:08 local time
- Place: Halloran Spring, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 1OBA
- Location: 35.3730° N, 115.8636° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3730&lon=-115.8636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N130CZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N130CZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Helicopters EC 130B4 (registry code 8680150, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-helicopters-ec-130b4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-2B1 (registry code 60056, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-2b1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS EC-130B4
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,951 total, 46 in this make and model, 116 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24MA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24MA111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240210020049A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 9, 2024, ABOUT 2208 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, AN AIRBUS HELICOPTERS EC 130B4 HELICOPTER,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT NEAR HALLORAN SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA. THE TWO PILOTS AND FOUR PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE HELICOPTER WAS

OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AS A TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 135 ON-DEMAND FLIGHT.

## 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 CEN24MA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24MA111), Feb 10, 2024: Airbus Helicopters EC 130 (N130CZ), Halloran Springs, CA, destroyed, 6 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to continue the visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the pilot’s spatial disorientation and loss of control. Contributing to…

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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