33.5092° N, 111.8990° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottsdale, AZ, within about 8 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 27, 1983 · 09:00 local
Place
Scottsdale, AZ
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N59340
Reported as
Agusta A109A
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,200 total30 in this make and model30 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.
Main rotor blade tip caps struck the roof of the paint shed while taxiing to the ramp. .
As the FAA filed it
MAIN ROTOR BLADE TIP CAPS STRUCK THE ROOF OF THE PAINT SHED WHILE TAXIING TO THE RAMP. .