# Incident 20031021026289I: Bell UH1B, Chalmette, LA, October 21, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2003, 10:00 local time
- Place: Chalmette, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Operator: HDCL
- Location: 29.9440° N, 89.9660° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chalmette, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9440&lon=-89.9660&mi=10
- Aircraft: N204GP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N204GP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell-Colonial UH-1B (registry code 118141A, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-colonial-uh-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming T-53 series (registry code 41552, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-t-53-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL UH1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031021026289I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT HAD PERFORMED 3 POLE LIFTS AND WAS LANDING FOR FUEL WHEN THE BACK HEALS OF THE HELICOPTERS SKIDS HIT THE GROUND, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A VERTICAL VIBRATION, PILOT REMOVED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE FUELING AREA AND PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AND SLID THE AIRCRAFT TO A STOP ON THE CHALMETTE LEVEE. NO INJURIES AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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