# Incident 20020217002809I: Bell 222U, Boise, ID, February 17, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2002, 13:45 local time
- Place: Boise, ID
- Airport: Boise Air Terminal - Gowen Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BAQA
- Location: 43.5644° N, 116.2230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field (BOI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5644&lon=-116.2230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N277LF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N277LF-2010-04-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 222U (registry code 1182140, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-222u) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming LTS-101 600A series (registry code 41562, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-lts-101-600a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 222U
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,378 total, 55 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020217002809I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING AFTER RECEIVING #1 ENGINE GEARBOX CHIP LIGHT. DAMAGE AFTER IMPACT TO NIGHT SUN SPOT LIGHT, LANDING GEAR SKIDS AND CROSSMEMBERS TUBES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N277LF (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20040714015949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040714015949A), Jul 14, 2004: Bell 222U (N277LF), Louie Lake, ID, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot was careful to check his power in an out of ground effect hover before he landed at a remote mountain site to pick up a medical evacuation patient.…

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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