Accidents
Crashed Tour Helicopter Had Fresh MX
A Sundance AS350B2 crashed during a twilight tour flight near the Hoover Dam. The helicopter had just returned to service after a 100-hour inspection.
A Sundance AS350B2 crashed during a twilight tour flight near the Hoover Dam. The helicopter had just returned to service after a 100-hour inspection.

A 1989 Eurocopter AS350B2 registered to Sundance Helicopters crashed December 7 during a twilight tour flight near Nevada’s Hoover Dam, killing all five aboard. The helicopter crashed the day after it was returned from maintenance for a 100-hour inspection and the replacement of its Turbomeca Arriel 1D1 engine, a main-rotor blade actuator and a tail-rotor actuator due to life-limit requirements.