# Incident 19960916043269I: Bolkms BO105A, Lafayette, LA, September 16, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1996, 17:00 local time
- Place: Lafayette, LA
- Airport: Lafayette Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Location: 30.2053° N, 91.9876° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2053&lon=-91.9876&mi=10
- Aircraft: N818SH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOLKMS BO105A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,465 total, 70 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960916043269I

## Narrative

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

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^

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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