ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231137
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| Date: | Wednesday 4 December 2019 |
| Time: | 19:15 LT |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 350B2 Ecureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Helinet Aviation Services LLC opf ABC7 |
| Registration: | N71HD |
| MSN: | 3849 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | over Los Angeles, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
An AS 350B2 news helicopter, AIR7 HD, suffered an in-flight collision with an object, believed to be a drone, while flying over downtown Los Angeles.
The pilot made a forced landing. Damage was observed to the leading edge of the right-hand horizontal stabilizer.
The helicopter was flying at an altitude of around 1100 feet.
Probable Cause: an inflight collision with a hard object of polycarbonate construction, with size and features consistent with that of a small UAS (drone).
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://abc7.com/air7-struck-by-drone-over-downtown-la-makes-precautionary-landing/5734727/
http://aerossurance.com/helicopters/drone-helicopter-mac-la/
ASN Drone Database: https://aviation-safety.net/database/issue/dronedb.php
https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/ReportGeneratorFile.ashx?EventID=20191205X95005&AKey=1&RType=HTML&IType=IA
Location
Media:
#BREAKING: A DRONE struck the AIR7HD Chopper while they were flying over Downtown LA — requiring a precautionary landing.
— Veronica Miracle (@ABC7Veronica) December 5, 2019
Luckily, everyone on board is OK. Hear from our @abc7chriscristi at 11pm on @ABC7. pic.twitter.com/MHbxVMr2Tx
"An inflight collision with a hard object of polycarbonate construction, with size and features consistent with that of a small #UAS (#drone)" say #NTSB of a 4 December 2019 @ABC7 AS350 incident.https://t.co/pPjw5gOvkP #helicopter #accident #drone #aviationsafety #flightsafety pic.twitter.com/3gzTVwNaIi
— Aerossurance (@Aerossurance) July 1, 2020
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Dec-2019 08:08 | harro | Added |
| 05-Dec-2019 08:14 | harro | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 05-Dec-2019 08:40 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 05-Dec-2019 10:11 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 05-Dec-2019 13:41 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 05-Dec-2019 21:10 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 01-Jul-2020 15:37 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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