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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Kaman K-1200 · Atlantic Ocean · September 10, 1995

Date: September 10, 1995 · 13:00 local
Place: Atlantic Ocean
Phase of flight: Hovering
Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
Operator: VKZL
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N163KA
Reported as: Kaman K1200
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,900 total65 in this make and model65 in the last 90 days

N163KARegistration cancelled Jul 2, 2003 · Kaman Aerospace K-1200S/N A94-0013 · Built 1995 Airframe modelKaman Aerospace K-1200 Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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What happened

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

Landing on usns in Ocean. Deck moving on swells. Rotors struck pallets during hover landing.

As the FAA filed it

LANDING ON USNS IN OCEAN. DECK MOVING ON SWELLS. ROTORS STRUCK PALLETS DURING HOVER LANDING.