ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 284045
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| Date: | Thursday 15 November 2007 |
| Time: | 13:20 LT |
| Type: |  Eurocopter EC 130B4 |
| Owner/operator: | Maverick Helicopters, Inc. |
| Registration: | N810MH |
| MSN: | 3949 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Meadview, Arizona -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Las Vegas-Harry Reid International Airport, NV (LAS/KLAS) |
| Meadview, AZ | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that he had just landed and was in the process of shutting the engine down when another company helicopter landed at his 2 o'clock position about 40 to 50 feet away. The vortices created by the second helicopter's main rotor blades caused the main rotor blades of the standing helicopter to flex downward before impacting its tailboom, which resulted in substantial damage to the standing helicopter.
Probable Cause: The downward flexing of the standing helicopter's main rotor blades and subsequent impact with its tail boom as a result of another helicopter's rotor blade's vortices.
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Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA08CA027
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Sep-2022 06:55 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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