20050318009269I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Skrsky S76A · Danville, PA · March 18, 2005

Date
March 18, 2005 · 01:00 local
Place
Danville, PA
Airport
Geisinger Heliport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
EGRA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N322LF
Reported as
Skrsky S76A
Reported engine
Lycoming LTS101*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total1,000 in this make and model30 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) On March 18, 2005, at 0100 eastern standard time, a Sikorsky SK-76-A model helicopter, N322LF, encountered minor damage to the helicopter while taxiing after returning from a 14 CFR part 91 repositioning flight. There were no injuries to the pilot, the sole crewmember on board. The pilot, while repositioning to the hangar facility, allowed the right main landing gear to roll off the hard surface and sink into adjacent soft terrain causing the right main gear to fold and the aircraft to list over to its right side and come to rest on the externally mounted nightsun search light. Minor damage was noted to be r/h main gear and to the right fuselage nightsun as well as the fuselage honeycomb-mounting surface for the nightsun.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MARCH 18, 2005, AT 0100 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A SIKORSKY SK-76-A MODEL HELICOPTER, N322LF, ENCOUNTERED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE HELICOPTER WHILE TAXIING AFTER RETURNING FROM A 14 CFR PART 91 REPOSITIONING FLIGHT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT, THE SOLE CREWMEMBER ON BOARD. THE PILOT, WHILE REPOSITIONING TO THE HANGAR FACILITY, ALLOWED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TO ROLL OFF THE HARD SURFACE AND SINK INTO ADJACENT SOFT TERRAIN CAUSING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TO FOLD AND THE AIRCRAFT TO LIST OVER TO ITS RIGHT SIDE AND COME TO REST ON THE EXTERNALLY MOUNTED NIGHTSUN SEARCH LIGHT. MINOR DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO BE R/H MAIN GEAR AND TO THE RIGHT FUSELAGE NIGHTSUN AS WELL AS THE FUSELAGE HONEYCOMB-MOUNTING SURFACE FOR THE NIGHTSUN.