# Incident 20010806021929I: Aerosp SA365N1, Scranton, PA, August 6, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2001, 19:47 local time
- Place: Scranton, PA
- Airport: Community Med Center Heliport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: OLJA
- Location: 41.4042° N, 75.6660° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scranton, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4042&lon=-75.6660&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65CW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP SA365N1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total, 3,600 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010806021929I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING LANDING AT HELIPAD, AS GROUND CONTACT WITH HELIPAD OCCURRED, HELIPAD, ACCESS PANEL BROKE CAUSING LANDING GEAR TO MOMENTARILY DESCEND SLIGHTLY BELOW HELIPAD CAUSING PILOT TO TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION. PILOT AVOIDED ANY FURTHER DAMAGE TO ARICRAFT AND CREW. AFTER SHUT, LOGGING MAINTENANCE DISCREPANCY, AND CONTACT WITH DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE, AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN WITHOPEN WRITE-UP TO HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER-MAIN BASE FOR MAINTENANCE ACTION.

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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