# Incident 20020521012449I: Skrsky CH54B, Corvallis, OR, May 21, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2002, 16:40 local time
- Place: Corvallis, OR
- Airport: Corvallis Municipal
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FW7L
- Location: 44.4969° N, 123.2895° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CORVALLIS MUNI (CVO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4969&lon=-123.2895&mi=10
- Aircraft: N716HT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N716HT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Helicopter Transport Services CH-54B (registry code 4450003, https://openairdocs.org/model/helicopter-transport-services-ch-54b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JFTD12A-5A (registry code 51504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jftd12a-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY CH54B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,010 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020521012449I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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