Hard landing Accident Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil N3951A, Wednesday 25 June 2025
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Date:Wednesday 25 June 2025
Time:09:50
Type:Silhouette image of generic AS50 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil
Owner/operator:US Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Registration: N3951A
MSN: 4993
Year of manufacture:2010
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:near San Luis, AZ -   United States of America
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Aerial patrol
Departure airport:Yuma International Airport, AZ (YUM/KYUM)
Destination airport:Yuma International Airport, AZ (YUM/KYUM)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
The helicopter was involved in a hard landing.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: 
Status: Preliminary report
Duration: 1 month
Download report: Preliminary report

Sources:

NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=N3951A

https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/1379950_1719385630.jpg (photo)

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Jun-2025 19:06 Captain Adam Added
28-Jun-2025 07:23 ASN Updated
29-Jun-2025 05:59 RobertMB Updated [Aircraft type, ]
13-Aug-2025 09:05 Captain Adam Updated [Time, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Category, Accident report, ]

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