No fatalities
AMERICAN EUROCOPTER CORP AS350B3 accident at San Luis, AZ, 25 Jun 2025
On June 25, 2025, an AMERICAN EUROCOPTER CORP AS350B3 operated by US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY was involved in an aviation accident near San Luis, AZ. No fatalities were reported. Investigators recorded the probable cause as: The pilot receiving instruction’s failure to properly recover the helicopter during an autorotative landing and the instructor pilot’s failure to intervene, which resulted in a hard landing. This summary draws on records from NTSB; 16 related events involving the same aircraft type or operator are linked below.
Probable cause
The pilot receiving instruction’s failure to properly recover the helicopter during an autorotative landing and the instructor pilot’s failure to intervene, which resulted in a hard landing.
— NTSB Determination
Contributing factors
Instructor/check pilotStudent/instructed pilotEffect on equipmentDescent rate — Not attained/maintained