# Incident 19971105043419I: Doug MD900, Flagstaff, AZ, November 5, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 1997, 15:50 local time
- Place: Flagstaff, AZ
- Airport: Flagstaff Pulliam Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1403° N, 111.6692° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLAGSTAFF PULLIAM (FLG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1403&lon=-111.6692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N900MH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N900MH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter MD 900 (registry code 3027375, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-helicopter-md-900) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW207E (registry code 52161, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw207e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG MD900
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 360 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971105043419I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ALL TIME ARE APPROXIMATE. RATINGS CONT. AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE, ROTORCRAFT-HELICOPTER, INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE. THE FLIGHT WAS A FAA PILOT VERIFICATION OF THE 6000 LB. NO HV CAPABILITY OF THE AIRCRAFT AT 7000 HD. FAA ADAMS HAD COMPLETED THREE DATA POINTS. ON HIS FOURTH DATA POINT A 4 LG LANDING IMPACT FROM A 50 FOOT HOVER RESULTED. THE LANDING GEAR WAS DAMAGED AND THE TEST STOPPED. FROM A 50 FOOT HOVER AND NO FORWARD AIRSPEED, THE FAA PILOT DID NOT MOVE THE COLLECTIVE FOR OVER TWO SECONDS RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE LOSS IN NR AND HIGH RATE OF DESCENT. THE LANDING GEAR FORWARD AND AFT CROSS TUBES WERE BENT BEYOND MAINTENANCE MANUAL ALLOWABLE LIMITS. A THOROUGH INSPECTION REVEALED NO OTHER COLLATERAL DAMAGE. FAA VERIFICATION PILOT: CHIP ADAMS.

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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