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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Bell 412 · Springfield, OH · August 3, 1997

Date
August 3, 1997 · 14:00 local
Place
Springfield, OH
Airport
Springfield-Beckley Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2180H
Reported as
Bell 412
Reported engine
Continental C758
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,900 total40 in this make and model50 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: both pilots state that while on final approach to the runway the aircraft developed a high sink rate. Both pilots attempted to add power at the same time. Both stated the engine was slow to respond. This resulted in the aircraft contacting the ground hard enough to cause some wrinkling of the skin on the lower wing surface and engine cowling. A/w inspector chris collins examined the aircraft and stated the damage was superficial. There were reports of gusty winds in the area. privacy data omitted At the time of this incident Mr. Raymond was administering a biannual flight review to Mr. Van-ord. Mr. Raymond and Mr. Van-ord apparently encountered some type of wind sheer and took proper corrective action, however in this case that was not sufficient to prevent the resulting damage. Both Mr. Raymond and mr. VAN-0RD were counseled as to what happened,and both felt that there was little more that could have been done to prevent the incident.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: BOTH PILOTS STATE THAT WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED A HIGH SINK RATE. BOTH PILOTS ATTEMPTED TO ADD POWER AT THE SAME TIME. BOTH STATED THE ENGINE WAS SLOW TO RESPOND. THIS RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTING THE GROUND HARD ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME WRINKLING OF THE SKIN ON THE LOWER WING SURFACE AND ENGINE COWLING. A/W INSPECTOR CHRIS COLLINS EXAMINED THE AIRCRAFT AND STATED THE DAMAGE WAS SUPERFICIAL. THERE WERE REPORTS OF GUSTY WINDS IN THE AREA. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT MR. RAYMOND WAS ADMINISTERING A BIANNUAL FLIGHT REVIEW TO MR. VAN-ORD. MR. RAYMOND AND MR. VAN-ORD APPARENTLY ENCOUNTERED SOME TYPE OF WIND SHEER AND TOOK PROPER CORRECTIVE ACTION, HOWEVER IN THIS CASE THAT WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT THE RESULTING DAMAGE. BOTH MR. RAYMOND AND MR. VAN-0RD WERE COUNSELED AS TO WHAT HAPPENED,AND BOTH FELT THAT THERE WAS LITTLE MORE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE TO PREVENT THE INCIDENT.