# Incident 19971206037479I: Doug 600N, Mesa, AZ, December 6, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1997, 10:10 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N605AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N605AS-1998-09-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 600N (registry code 3027377, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-helicopter-600n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG 600N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,446 total, 290 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971206037479I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING POST FLIGHT INSPECTION FOLLOWING EMERGENCY PROCEDURES TRAINING WITH MR. KEITH YAMAMOTO FROM AIRSTAR HELICOPTERS, DAMAGE TO THE TAILBOOM WAS DISCOVERED BENEATH THE MAIN ROTOR TIP PATH. THE TRAINING SORTIE HAD GONE WELL WITH EMPHASIS ON TOUCH DOWN AUTOROTATIONS. KEITH HAD A TENDENCY TO HOLD THE COLLECTIVE FULL UP AFTER TOUCHDOWN; HOWEVER, HIS TOUCHDOWNS WERE SMOOTH. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOUCHDOWN WAS PRECEDED BY A TAIL SKID STRIKE, THEN THE HEELS OF THE SKIDS AND AS THE NOSE ROTATED DOWN FOLLOWING TOUCHDOWN HE PULLED AFT ON THE CYCLIC WITH THE ROTOR RPM LOW AND THE COLLECTIVE FULL UP. NO INDICATION WAS FELT IN THE COCKPIT OF THE STRIKE. WE THEN COMPLETED THE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FAILURE TRAINING WITH SEVERAL PATTERNS AND TOUCHDOWNS, FINISHING HIS TRAINING. ALL TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE. RATINGS CONTINUED: PILOT, AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND, N-265, COMMERCIAL PRIVILEGES, AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND, GLIDER AERO TOW ONLY, ROTORCRAFT-HELICOPTER, INSTRUMENT HELICOPTER.

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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