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A helicopter pilot had just departed las at night; VMC when another helicopter pilot reported a near miss with his aircraft. The other aircraft was unseen until after the fact.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1252251 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201504 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | LAS.Tower |
| State Reference | NV |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Route In Use | Other predetermined |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 1900 Flight Crew Type 1700 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 200 Vertical 0 |
Narrative:
My aircraft was cleared for a departure from las with a climbing right turn to a northerly heading and 3;000 feet. As I was reaching an altitude of 3;000 feet and a heading of roughly north; another aircraft made a call to tower saying that we had nearly collided. At this time I looked over my right shoulder and spotted another helicopter at my altitude approximately 200 feet behind me and 100 feet to the east. As I was making my climbing right turn I believe that aircraft was making a left turn above me and to my left rear at 3;000 feet. Luckily the pilot of the other aircraft was able to see me before we collided.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A helicopter pilot had just departed LAS at night; VMC when another helicopter pilot reported a near miss with his aircraft. The other aircraft was unseen until after the fact.
Narrative: My aircraft was cleared for a departure from LAS with a climbing right turn to a northerly heading and 3;000 feet. As I was reaching an altitude of 3;000 feet and a heading of roughly north; another aircraft made a call to tower saying that we had nearly collided. At this time I looked over my right shoulder and spotted another helicopter at my altitude approximately 200 feet behind me and 100 feet to the east. As I was making my climbing right turn I believe that aircraft was making a left turn above me and to my left rear at 3;000 feet. Luckily the pilot of the other aircraft was able to see me before we collided.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.