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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bolkms BO105C · Kent, WA · April 11, 1978

Date
April 11, 1978 · 08:55 local
Place
Kent, WA
Phase of flight
Sfl Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1724Z
Reported as
Bolkms BO105C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,200 total55 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Tail rotor struck ground during simulated forced landing, causing minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

TAIL ROTOR STRUCK GROUND DURING SIMULATED FORCED LANDING, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.