20060119001589A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Agusta A109A · Fort Worth, TX · January 19, 2006

Date: January 19, 2006 · 15:15 local
Place: Fort Worth, TX
Airport: Fort Worth Meacham Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: NXTA
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N142CF
NTSB investigation: NTSBDFW06LA057
Reported as: Agusta A109A
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,500 total250 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N142CFRegistration cancelled Jul 28, 2007 · Agusta A109ES/N 11141 · Built 2002 Airframe modelAgusta A109E Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PW206CTurbo-shaft

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot was turning rotorcraft to a heading of 180 for taxi to echo taxiway and saw an aircraft on echo taxiway. Pilot stopped the rotorcraft at which time the rotorcraft started to rock to the right and left, the main rotor blades contacted the tailboom of the aircraft and separated from the aircraft. Rotorcraft came to a heading position of 070.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS TURNING ROTORCRAFT TO A HEADING OF 180 FOR TAXI TO ECHO TAXIWAY AND SAW AN AIRCRAFT ON ECHO TAXIWAY. PILOT STOPPED THE ROTORCRAFT AT WHICH TIME THE ROTORCRAFT STARTED TO ROCK TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT, THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES CONTACTED THE TAILBOOM OF THE AIRCRAFT AND SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. ROTORCRAFT CAME TO A HEADING POSITION OF 070.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB DFW06LA057Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportFort Worth, TXThe pilot's inadvertent encounter with ground resonance which resulted in the destruction of the helicopter.Jan 19, 2006 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N142CF · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 20021108032649AFortworth, TX(-23) The pilot-in-command stated that he attempted a rolling take-off from harris hospital helipad without 100 percent power available, which caused the helicopter to settle to the roof of an adjacent parking garage.Nov 8, 2002 · Substantial damage