39.3493° N, 101.7138° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Goodland, KS, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 21, 1978 · 11:18 local
Place
Goodland, KS
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Aerial Taxi, Other Helicopter
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N84FC
Reported as
Bell 212
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total200 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.
While being guided into parking area & hovering rotorwash blew united aircraft up on its' nose & wingtip.
As the FAA filed it
WHILE BEING GUIDED INTO PARKING AREA & HOVERING ROTORWASH BLEW UNITED AIRCRAFT UP ON ITS' NOSE & WINGTIP.