35.9940° N, 78.8986° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Durham, NC, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 9, 1987 · 08:55 local
Place
Durham, NC
Airport
Sky Park
Phase of flight
Prw On Run Landing (Rotorcraft
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
LISA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N355DU
Reported as
Aerosp AS355F
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,650 total680 in this make and model90 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.
Check airman was demonstrating a running landing to a soft sod strip. Skids dug into soft ground and collapsed.
As the FAA filed it
CHECK AIRMAN WAS DEMONSTRATING A RUNNING LANDING TO A SOFT SOD STRIP. SKIDS DUG INTO SOFT GROUND AND COLLAPSED.