Accident · 2007-11-15

NTSB case SEA08CA027 · Eurocopter France EC 130 B4 · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 2007-11-15
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Eurocopter France EC 130 B4 (N810MH)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: MAVERICK HELICOPTERS, INC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): Maverick Helicopters, Inc.

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. .

Source: NTSB case SEA08CA027

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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