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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Aerosp AS365N2 · Pittsburgh, PA · September 30, 2000

Date
September 30, 2000 · 09:15 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
Allegheny County
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
BAQA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N915ME
Reported as
Aerosp AS365N2
Pilot’s flight hours
5,696 total667 in this make and model42 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.

(-23)While ground taxing the aircraft, the pilot became distracted and allowed the main rotors to strike the hanger doors. Debris from the contact also damaged on EC135 helicopter that was parked on the ramp.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)WHILE GROUND TAXING THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT BECAME DISTRACTED AND ALLOWED THE MAIN ROTORS TO STRIKE THE HANGER DOORS. DEBRIS FROM THE CONTACT ALSO DAMAGED ON EC135 HELICOPTER THAT WAS PARKED ON THE RAMP.