# Accident 20251108017609A: Airbus Helicopters EC 130 T2, Lebanon, TN, November 8, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2025, 13:41 local time
- Place: Lebanon, TN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QMLA
- Location: 36.3295° N, 86.3823° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3295&lon=-86.3823&mi=10
- Aircraft: N107VU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N107VU-2026-01-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Helicopters EC 130 T2 (registry code 1145302, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-helicopters-ec-130-t2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-2D (registry code 60080, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-2d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS EC 130 T2
- Reported engine: TURBOMECA ARRIEL 2D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA26FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26FA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251108017609A

## Narrative

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

PILOT FLYING EC130 BECAME INCAPACITATED AND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  DURING DESCENT, STRUCK TREE TOPS AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND. AIRCRAFT ROLLED ONTO ITS LEFT SIDE AND CAME TO A REST. THERE WERE THREE PERSONS ON BOARD. ONE FATALITY AND TWO SEVERELY INJURED. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 ERA26FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26FA035), Nov 8, 2025: Airbus Helicopters EC 130 T2 (N107VU), Lebanon, TN, substantial damage, 1 fatal, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N107VU (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20161128023389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161128023389I), Nov 28, 2016: Eurocopter 130-T2 (N107VU), Cookeville, TN, Minor damage. Pilot [privacy data omitted] with commerical privileges, landed a EMB-130T2 in a gravel area adjacent to the Helipad. Two crew members disembarked in order for…

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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