# Incident 20000930031979I: Aerosp AS365N2, Pittsburgh, PA, September 30, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2000, 09:15 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Allegheny County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BAQA
- Location: 40.3544° N, 79.9290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALLEGHENY COUNTY (AGC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3544&lon=-79.9290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N915ME, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N915ME-2005-11-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale AS 365 N2 DAUPHIN (registry code 8680815, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-as-365-n2-dauphin) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP AS365N2
- Pilot flight hours: 5,696 total, 667 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000930031979I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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