41.0527° N, 73.9475° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Town of Orangetown, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 17, 2003 · 09:07 local
Place
Orangetown, NY
Airport
Ibm Customer Exec Ed Ctr Helip
Phase of flight
Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N101RX
Reported as
Skrsky S76B
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total5,000 in this make and model50 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) Helicopter made a steep approach to landing pad and drifted right onto wet grass and deep mud area, causing a tail strike and damage to the nosewheel gear door.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) HELICOPTER MADE A STEEP APPROACH TO LANDING PAD AND DRIFTED RIGHT ONTO WET GRASS AND DEEP MUD AREA, CAUSING A TAIL STRIKE AND DAMAGE TO THE NOSEWHEEL GEAR DOOR.