20030319013559I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Agusta A109 · Seattle, WA · March 19, 2003

Date
March 19, 2003 · 16:50 local
Place
Seattle, WA
Airport
Boeing Field-King County International
Phase of flight
Aerial Taxi, Other Helicopter
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
BAQA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1YH
Reported as
Agusta A109
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0

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) "Industrial incident-no intent to fly" no intent to fly. Repositioning on airport. Pilot got distracted and helicopter blades hit side of hangar.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) "INDUSTRIAL INCIDENT-NO INTENT TO FLY" NO INTENT TO FLY. REPOSITIONING ON AIRPORT. PILOT GOT DISTRACTED AND HELICOPTER BLADES HIT SIDE OF HANGAR.