29.7844° N, 92.1562° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Intracoastal City, LA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 20, 2002 · 07:00 local
Place
Intracostal Cty, LA
Airport
Air Logistics Heliport
Phase of flight
To Running(Helicopter/Vtol Ac)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ALGA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3174Y
Reported as
Bell 206L3
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,265 total122 in this make and model107 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) Main rotor blade struck end of wind sock during takeoff causing minor damage to the bottom of one main rotor blade. Another aircraft picked up to a hover and swirling turbulence was present from the hovering aircraft's rotor wash.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) MAIN ROTOR BLADE STRUCK END OF WIND SOCK DURING TAKEOFF CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF ONE MAIN ROTOR BLADE. ANOTHER AIRCRAFT PICKED UP TO A HOVER AND SWIRLING TURBULENCE WAS PRESENT FROM THE HOVERING AIRCRAFT'S ROTOR WASH.