# Incident 20030105005899I: Bell 222U, Rapid City, SD, January 5, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2003, 07:50 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Rapid City Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Aerial Taxi From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BAQA
- Location: 44.0453° N, 103.0574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RAPID CITY RGNL (RAP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0453&lon=-103.0574&mi=10
- Aircraft: N222MN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N222MN-2014-12-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 222U (registry code 1182140, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-222u) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming LTS-101 series (registry code 41560, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-lts-101-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 222U
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030105005899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) BHT 222, N222MN LANDED ON THE RAMP AT RAP/JETSTREAM AVIATION. LINE PERSONNEL DIRECTED HIM TO MOVE FURTHER DOWN THE RAMP TO THE EAST. WHILE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS FROM GROUND PERSONNEL, THE PILOT HOVER-TAXIED LATERALLY (LEFT) INTO A STEEL BOUNDARY MARKING ROD. THE TAIL ROTOR IMPACTED THE ROD. THE PILOT FELT A VIBRATION, LANDED AND DID A NORMAL TOUCHDOWN.

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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