20010121038749I

Incident · Damage unknown

FAA incident report · Skrsky UH60 · Van Nuys, CA · January 21, 2001

Date: January 21, 2001 · 15:07 local
Place: Van Nuys, CA
Airport: Van Nuys Airport
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Damage unknown
Aircraft: 1MIL
Reported as: Skrsky UH60

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft: U.S. Navy, UH-60 helicopter, contacted vny tower at 1507 hrs. (2307Z) and requested an emergency landing due to a tail rotor problem. Aircraft was approximately 3 to 4 miles west of Van Nuys Airport. Contacted vny tower on UHF freq., radio transmission of request broken up, tower controller did not understand complete aircraft id number. Aircraft landed on runway 16R without incident, taxied off runway at 10G, and requested to go to million-air ramp at north end of airport. Aircraft left within a few hours later for north island naval base, san diego, CA. See: privacy data omitted note: unable to contact anyone who saw the aircraft nor anyone who spoke to the aircraft crew, therefore, very little is known about this aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT: U.S. NAVY, UH-60 HELICOPTER, CONTACTED VNY TOWER AT 1507 HRS. (2307Z) AND REQUESTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING DUE TO A TAIL ROTOR PROBLEM. AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 4 MILES WEST OF VAN NUYS AIRPORT. CONTACTED VNY TOWER ON UHF FREQ., RADIO TRANSMISSION OF REQUEST BROKEN UP, TOWER CONTROLLER DID NOT UNDERSTAND COMPLETE AIRCRAFT ID NUMBER. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 16R WITHOUT INCIDENT, TAXIED OFF RUNWAY AT 10G, AND REQUESTED TO GO TO MILLION-AIR RAMP AT NORTH END OF AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT LEFT WITHIN A FEW HOURS LATER FOR NORTH ISLAND NAVAL BASE, SAN DIEGO, CA. SEE: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NOTE: UNABLE TO CONTACT ANYONE WHO SAW THE AIRCRAFT NOR ANYONE WHO SPOKE TO THE AIRCRAFT CREW, THEREFORE, VERY LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THIS AIRCRAFT.