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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206L · New York, NY · August 29, 1996

Date: August 29, 1996 · 16:00 local
Place: New York, NY
Airport: East 34th Street Heliport
Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: NYBA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N121NH
Reported as: Bell 206L
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,180 total2,106 in this make and model190 in the last 90 days

N121NHRegistration cancelled Aug 18, 1998 · Bell 206LS/N 46610 Airframe modelBell 206L

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: arthur blaylock untied and turned the rotor blade on N121NH 90 degrees. When he released the rotor it dipped down on the other side of the aircraft into the plane of rotation of the rotor of another aircraft (N123NH) which was running at idle on the next parking pad. Minor damage to both aircraft ensued. Mr. Blaylocks actions were contrary to safe operating practices and his company operations manual.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ARTHUR BLAYLOCK UNTIED AND TURNED THE ROTOR BLADE ON N121NH 90 DEGREES. WHEN HE RELEASED THE ROTOR IT DIPPED DOWN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE PLANE OF ROTATION OF THE ROTOR OF ANOTHER AIRCRAFT (N123NH) WHICH WAS RUNNING AT IDLE ON THE NEXT PARKING PAD. MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH AIRCRAFT ENSUED. MR. BLAYLOCKS ACTIONS WERE CONTRARY TO SAFE OPERATING PRACTICES AND HIS COMPANY OPERATIONS MANUAL.