# Incident 20060314005899I: Bell UH1H, St. James City, FL, March 14, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 2006, 09:30 local time
- Place: St. James City, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: NDXG
- Location: 26.5464° N, 82.1032° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. James City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5464&lon=-82.1032&mi=10
- Aircraft: N850M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N850M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell UH-1H (registry code 1181407, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-uh-1h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming T5313B (registry code 41613, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-t5313b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL UH1H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060314005899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT DEPARTED BUCKINGHAM FIELD AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 HOURS. FIRST FLIGHT OF DAY TO BUILD TIME AND PRACTICE LANDINGS ON HELIPADS. FLYING PILOT LANDED IN TAIL LOW POSITION ON ELEVATED HELIPAD WITH SKIDS OVERHANGING PAD. AIRCRAFT ROCKED BACK BENDING THE RIGHT SKID. FLYING PILOT APPLIED NOSE DOWN CYCLIC. MAIN ROTOR CONTACTED UPPER WIRE STRIKE, CREASING AND TEARING LOWER SURFACE OF BLADES. AIRCRAFT WAS SHUTDOWN AND TAIL ROTOR, TAIL SKID, AND TAILCONE WERE INSPECTED BY BOTH PILOTS. NEITHER NOTICED MAIN ROTOR DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN BACK TO BUCKINGHAM FIELD WHERE THEY NOTICED THE DAMAGE AT APPROXIMATELY 0945 HOURS.

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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