30.2053° N, 91.9876° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
September 16, 1996 · 17:00 local
Place
Lafayette, LA
Airport
Lafayette Regional
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
HEEA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N818SH
Reported as
Bolkms BO105A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,465 total70 in this make and model85 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: with a tail wind of 15 knots, the pilot attempted to ground run the aircraft engines at flight operating RPM for a compressor wash. The aircraft became airborne, resulting in a hard landing, causing stress wrinkles to the tail boom. privacy data omitted
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: WITH A TAIL WIND OF 15 KNOTS, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO GROUND RUN THE AIRCRAFT ENGINES AT FLIGHT OPERATING RPM FOR A COMPRESSOR WASH. THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE, RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING, CAUSING STRESS WRINKLES TO THE TAIL BOOM. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^