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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Agusta A109A II · New York, NY · June 26, 1998

Date
June 26, 1998 · 14:55 local
Place
New York, NY
Airport
Port Authority-West
Phase of flight
Hovering
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
JWSA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N188S
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,300 total100 in this make and model30 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.

While repositioning, main rotor tips contacted heliport fence damaging all four baldes.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE REPOSITIONING, MAIN ROTOR TIPS CONTACTED HELIPORT FENCE DAMAGING ALL FOUR BALDES.