# Incident 19960612022579I: Bolkms BK117B1, Pittsburgh, PA, June 12, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 1996, 23:45 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BAQA
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5405G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5405G-2014-06-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BK 117 B-2 (registry code 5626013, https://openairdocs.org/model/messerschmitt-bolkow-blohm-bk-117-b-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Honeywell LTS101-750B-1 (registry code 33826, https://openairdocs.org/engine/honeywell-lts101-750b-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOLKMS BK117B1
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 250 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960612022579I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT WAS FLYING A SHALLOW APPROACH TO A HOSPITAL HELIPORT. IT WAS A NIGHT LANDING AND THE PILOT DECIDED TO DECREASE HIS APPROACH ANGLE. NEARING THE LANDING PAD, THE PILOT FLARED AND FELT THE HEELS OF THE SKIDS TOUCH FIRST AND SLIDE SLIGHTLY. THE PILOT FOUND DAMAGE TO THE TAIL STINGER AND VERTICAL END PLATE WHICH GRAZED A POLE SURROUNDING THE HELIPAD. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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