40.3544° N, 79.9290° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at ALLEGHENY COUNTY (AGC), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
May 23, 2004 · 11:20 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
Allegheny County
Phase of flight
Prw On Run Landing (Rotorcraft
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
BAQA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N533ME
Reported as
Urocop EC135T1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,800 total65 in this make and model5 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) The aircraft apparently encountered a settling with power condition from which the pilot was unable to recover. The settling with power condition allowed the aircraft to strike the ground causing incidental damage to the aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE AIRCRAFT APPARENTLY ENCOUNTERED A SETTLING WITH POWER CONDITION FROM WHICH THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER. THE SETTLING WITH POWER CONDITION ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO STRIKE THE GROUND CAUSING INCIDENTAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.