| Crash location | 36.863056°N, 114.122223°W
Reported location is a long distance from the NTSB's reported nearest city. This often means that the location has a typo, or is incorrect. |
| Nearest city | Meadview, AZ
36.002209°N, 114.068294°W 59.6 miles away |
| Tail number | N810MH |
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| Accident date | 15 Nov 2007 |
| Aircraft type | Eurocopter France EC 130 B4 |
| Additional details: | None |
The pilot reported that he had just landed and was in the process of shutting the engine down when another company helicopter landed at his 2 o'clock position about 40 to 50 feet away. The vortices created by the second helicopter's main rotor blades caused the main rotor blades of the standing helicopter to flex downward before impacting its tailboom, which resulted in substantial damage to the standing helicopter.
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.
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