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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Eurocopter Deutschland EC 135 P2+ · Winston Salem, NC · June 28, 2025

Date
June 28, 2025 · 10:37 local
Place
Winston Salem, NC
Airport
Smith Reynolds
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
454A
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N922NH
Reported as
Eurocopter Deutschland EC 135 P2+
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206B
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
5,259 total

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.

Helicopter called emergency landing due to engine fadec fail.

Aircraft flew down runway and circled back to slow down RPM before a hard landing.

Aircraft made impact on the grass, bounced up, turned and skidded to a stop on pavement.

No injuries

As the FAA filed it

HELICOPTER CALLED EMERGENCY LANDING DUE TO ENGINE FADEC FAIL.

AIRCRAFT FLEW DOWN RUNWAY AND CIRCLED BACK TO SLOW DOWN RPM BEFORE A HARD LANDING.

AIRCRAFT MADE IMPACT ON THE GRASS, BOUNCED UP, TURNED AND SKIDDED TO A STOP ON PAVEMENT.

NO INJURIES