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Incident

FAA incident report · Skrsky CH-54B · Corvallis, OR · May 21, 2002

Date
May 21, 2002 · 16:40 local
Place
Corvallis, OR
Airport
Corvallis Municipal
Phase of flight
Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
FW7L
Aircraft
N716HT
Reported as
Skrsky CH54B
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,010 total1,200 in this make and model110 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) The rotorcraft approached the east end of taxiway alpha to land on the ramp when another aircraft radioed intent to taxi onto runway 27 via taxiway alpha. The rotorcraft hovered up to approximately 200 feet AGL and proceeded to move to the west end of taxiway alpha to avoid the taxiing aircraft. Near the end of the taxiway the rotorcraft turned to the east and proceeded to the ramp area to land. The pilot had not noticed that a Cessna 172 was parked unsecured in the northwest corner of the ramp until he passed by it approximately 250 feet to the south at an altitude of 200 feet AGL. As the rotorcraft passed by the Cessna, the rear facing engineer notified the pilot that the Cessna had turned over. The wind at the time was approximately 10 to 17 knots from the southwest and the Cessna was tail to the wind.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE ROTORCRAFT APPROACHED THE EAST END OF TAXIWAY ALPHA TO LAND ON THE RAMP WHEN ANOTHER AIRCRAFT RADIOED INTENT TO TAXI ONTO RUNWAY 27 VIA TAXIWAY ALPHA. THE ROTORCRAFT HOVERED UP TO APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET AGL AND PROCEEDED TO MOVE TO THE WEST END OF TAXIWAY ALPHA TO AVOID THE TAXIING AIRCRAFT. NEAR THE END OF THE TAXIWAY THE ROTORCRAFT TURNED TO THE EAST AND PROCEEDED TO THE RAMP AREA TO LAND. THE PILOT HAD NOT NOTICED THAT A CESSNA 172 WAS PARKED UNSECURED IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE RAMP UNTIL HE PASSED BY IT APPROXIMATELY 250 FEET TO THE SOUTH AT AN ALTITUDE OF 200 FEET AGL. AS THE ROTORCRAFT PASSED BY THE CESSNA, THE REAR FACING ENGINEER NOTIFIED THE PILOT THAT THE CESSNA HAD TURNED OVER. THE WIND AT THE TIME WAS APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 17 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND THE CESSNA WAS TAIL TO THE WIND.