# Incident 19970803029549I: Bell 412, Springfield, OH, August 3, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1997, 14:00 local time
- Place: Springfield, OH
- Airport: Springfield-Beckley Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8403° N, 83.8402° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPRINGFIELD/BECKLEY MUNI (SGH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8403&lon=-83.8402&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2180H (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 412
- Reported engine: CONT C758
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,900 total, 40 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970803029549I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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