# NTSB GAA24WA234: Eurocopter AS 350 B2 Ecureuil, N6087C, Laredo/Border, Mexico, July 25, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: July 25, 2024, 17:35 local (17:35 UTC)
- Place: Laredo/Border, Mexico
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 194778
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA24WA234
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194778/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA234

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [Eurocopter AS 350 B2 ECUREUIL, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md?model=8680951), [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6087C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6087C), registered now, S/N 2677, built 1992 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER AS 350 B2 ECUREUIL
- Registry model: [Eurocopter AS 350 B2 ECUREUIL](https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-b2-ecureuil) (registry code 8680951) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Turbomeca ARRIEL-1SER](https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1ser) (registry code 60030, turbo-shaft) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 2677
- Year built: 1992
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Public use
- Operator: U S Dept Of Homeland Security
- Registered owner: U S Dept Of Homeland Security

## Other investigations on N6087C (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 LAX03TA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03TA204), Jun 13, 2003: Eurocopter France AS 350 B2 (N6087C), Riverside, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flying pilot's failure to align the helicopter during a simulated emergency landing, which resulted in a hard landing and structural damage to the helicopter. A factor associated with the…

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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