19951129044219I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bolkms BO105S · Beaver, UT · November 29, 1995

Date: November 29, 1995 · 12:00 local
Place: Beaver, UT
Phase of flight: Hovering
Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N204PC
Reported as: Bolkms BO105S
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 14,000 total3,000 in this make and model160 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.

Narrative: during spool down of rotor blades, the pilot noticed a whistle noise and proceeded to investigate. During post flight he found de-lamination of trailing edge of rotor blades. During setting of last power line pole, the blades must have brushed the top of a tree enough to create a flutter against the trailing edge of the blades. No other damage or injury was sustained. This report is final and closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: DURING SPOOL DOWN OF ROTOR BLADES, THE PILOT NOTICED A WHISTLE NOISE AND PROCEEDED TO INVESTIGATE. DURING POST FLIGHT HE FOUND DE-LAMINATION OF TRAILING EDGE OF ROTOR BLADES. DURING SETTING OF LAST POWER LINE POLE, THE BLADES MUST HAVE BRUSHED THE TOP OF A TREE ENOUGH TO CREATE A FLUTTER AGAINST THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE BLADES. NO OTHER DAMAGE OR INJURY WAS SUSTAINED. THIS REPORT IS FINAL AND CLOSED.