# NTSB DFW08RA039: Eurocopter France AS350B3, N530NA, Pitt Meadows, Canada, January 10, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 10, 2008, 11:07 local (19:07 UTC)
- Place: Pitt Meadows, Canada
- Coordinates: 49.216634, -122.68387
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=49.2166&lon=-122.6839&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-hover: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Alaska
- NTSB case key (mKey): 67171
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DFW08RA039
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67171/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08RA039

## Preliminary report

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## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Maneuvering-hover: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342) (defining event); cases with it: [Eurocopter France AS 350 B3, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md?model=8680963), [All aircraft, 1,858 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N530NA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N530NA-2009-06-12), registration cancelled 2009-06-12, S/N 3209, built 1999 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Eurocopter France AS350B3
- Registry model: [Eurocopter France AS 350 B3](https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-france-as-350-b3) (registry code 8680963) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Turbomeca ARRIEL-2B](https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-2b) (registry code 60037, turbo-shaft) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: External load, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Prism Helicopters

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.

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