19990318015519I

Incident

FAA incident report · Bolkms BK117B1 · Covington/Cinci, KY · March 18, 1999

Date: March 18, 1999 · 14:27 local
Place: Covington/Cinci, KY
Airport: Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky I
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: HEEA
Aircraft: N217UC
Reported as: Bolkms BK117B1
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,900 total275 in this make and model80 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.

(-5) The aircraft is a medical helicopter. At the time of the incident the aircraft was enroute to an accident scene. The pilot reports that as he began his decent for arrival at the accident scene he lowered the collective. As he did this he reports that the collective became "stiff" and then becam immovable. The pilot stated that he could not move the collective up or down. The pilot attempted to make it to lunken airport. He stated that he felt that it was questionable as to weather he could make lunken. He spotted a field and elected to make a precautionary landing. The helicopter landed without any apparent damage, and without injury to the occupants.

As the FAA filed it

(-5) THE AIRCRAFT IS A MEDICAL HELICOPTER. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE TO AN ACCIDENT SCENE. THE PILOT REPORTS THAT AS HE BEGAN HIS DECENT FOR ARRIVAL AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE HE LOWERED THE COLLECTIVE. AS HE DID THIS HE REPORTS THAT THE COLLECTIVE BECAME "STIFF" AND THEN BECAM IMMOVABLE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE COULD NOT MOVE THE COLLECTIVE UP OR DOWN. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE IT TO LUNKEN AIRPORT. HE STATED THAT HE FELT THAT IT WAS QUESTIONABLE AS TO WEATHER HE COULD MAKE LUNKEN. HE SPOTTED A FIELD AND ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. THE HELICOPTER LANDED WITHOUT ANY APPARENT DAMAGE, AND WITHOUT INJURY TO THE OCCUPANTS.