Midair Collision: Eurocopter AS 350B2 Ecureuil, N71HD: Incident occurred December 03, 2019 in Los Angeles, California

Aviation Incident Final Report - National Transportation Safety Board

The National Transportation Safety Board did not travel to the scene of this incident.

Investigation Docket - National Transportation Safety Board:  https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket

https://registry.faa.gov/N71HD

Location: Los Angeles, California 

Incident Number: DCA20IA034

Date & Time: December 3, 2019, 19:15 Local

Registration: N71HD (A1); UNK (A2)

Aircraft: Airbus AS 350 B2 (A1); UNKNOWN UNKNOWN (A2) 

Aircraft Damage: Minor (A1)

Defining Event: Midair collision

Injuries: 3 None (A1); N/A (A2)

Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General aviation - Aerial observation (A1); Unknown (A2)

Probable Cause and Findings

Findings

Environmental issues (A1) Aircraft - Effect on equipment

Aircraft (A1) Horizontal stabilizer - Damaged/degraded

Not determined (A2) (general) - Unknown/Not determined

Factual Information

History of Flight

Enroute (A1) Midair collision (Defining event)

Enroute (A2) Midair collision

Aircraft and Owner/Operator Information (A1)

Aircraft Make: Airbus 

Registration: N71HD

Model/Series: AS 350 B2 No Series 

Aircraft Category: Helicopter

Year of Manufacture: 2004

Amateur Built: No

Airworthiness Certificate: Normal 

Serial Number: 3849

Landing Gear Type: Skid 

Seats: 6

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Operating Certificate(s) Held: On-demand air taxi (135)

Aircraft and Owner/Operator Information (A2)

Aircraft Make: UNKNOWN

Registration: UNK

Model/Series: UNKNOWN 

Aircraft Category: Helicopter

Year of Manufacture: 

Amateur Built: No

Airworthiness Certificate: Unknown

Serial Number: unk

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Meteorological Information and Flight Plan

Conditions at Accident Site: Visual (VMC) 

Condition of Light: Night

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Departure Point: Burbank, CA (KBUR) (A1) 

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Destination: Los Angeles, CA (A1)

Type of Clearance: None (A1); Unknown (A2)

Departure Time: Type of Airspace: Class G (A1)

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IFR Approach: None

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Wreckage and Impact Information (A1)

Crew Injuries: 1 None

Aircraft Damage: Minor

Passenger Injuries: 2 None

Aircraft Fire: None

Ground Injuries: N/A 

Aircraft

Explosion: None

Total Injuries: 3 None

Latitude, Longitude: 33.942501,-118.408058

Wreckage and Impact Information (A2)

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Aircraft Fire: Unknown

Ground Injuries: N/A

Aircraft Explosion: Unknown

Total Injuries: N/A 

Latitude, Longitude: 33.942501,-118.408058