# Incident 19990318015519I: Bolkms BK117B1, Covington/Cinci, KY, March 18, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1999, 14:27 local time
- Place: Covington/Cinci, KY
- Airport: Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky I
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Location: 39.0488° N, 84.6678° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CINCINNATI/NORTHERN KENTUCKY INTL (CVG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0488&lon=-84.6678&mi=10
- Aircraft: N217UC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOLKMS BK117B1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 275 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990318015519I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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