N301CH (Airbus Helicopters INC AS350B3) — routes, history & safety record

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.

Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 2014 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N301CH.

April 15, 2000Accident
The disconnection of the tail rotor drive shaft and subsequent lack of tail rotor control. Contributing factors were the worn drive shaft splines and the pilots' failure to apply collective on the touchdown resulting in a hard landing and subsequent roll over.
Hiller UH-12C
The disconnection of the tail rotor drive shaft and subsequent lack of tail rotor control. Contributing factors were the worn drive shaft splines and the pilots' failure to apply collective on the touchdown resulting in a hard landing and subsequent roll over. Full accident record
July 4, 1996Accident
Improper repair of a previous crack in the blue main rotor blade by unknown persons; improper inspection of the main rotor blades by maintenance personnel, following a reported vibration problem; and subsequent failure of the main rotor blade, which resulted in an uncontrolled collision with the terrain.
Hiller OH-23C
Improper repair of a previous crack in the blue main rotor blade by unknown persons; improper inspection of the main rotor blades by maintenance personnel, following a reported vibration problem; and subsequent failure of the main rotor blade, which resulted in an uncontrolled collision with the terrain. Full accident record