# Incident 19990814019059I: Bolkms BO105S, Pompey, NY, August 14, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1999, 06:23 local time
- Place: Pompey, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: NYSA
- Location: 42.8990° N, 76.0160° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pompey, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8990&lon=-76.0160&mi=10
- Aircraft: N105MH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N105MH-2021-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm BO-105S (registry code 5626006, https://openairdocs.org/model/messerschmitt-boelkow-blohm-bo-105s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOLKMS BO105S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 3,300 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990814019059I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON 8/14/99 HELICOPTER N105MH, PILOTED BY KEVIN NICHOLS, MANEUVRING IN A MEDICAL LANDING ZONE, STURCK A SET OF TELEPHONE WIRES DAMAGING BOTH TAIL ROTOR BLADES. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL (DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE) REPLACED THE TAIL ROTOR BLADES AND INSPECTED THE TAIL ROTOR SYSTEM I/A/W BO-105 MAINTENANCE MANUAL, TABLE 101-13.1.3. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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