42.2711° N, 89.0940° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Rockford, IL, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 1, 2001 · 08:47 local
Place
Rockford, IL
Airport
Greater Rockford
Phase of flight
Aerial Taxi From Ldg/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N215WW
Reported as
Robsin R22BETA
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,500 total225 in this make and model25 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)Pilot was hover taxiing to parking area and struck wire that intersected ramp area and fixed base operation building.
As the FAA filed it
(-23)PILOT WAS HOVER TAXIING TO PARKING AREA AND STRUCK WIRE THAT INTERSECTED RAMP AREA AND FIXED BASE OPERATION BUILDING.