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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Urocop EC135T1 · Harrisburg, PA · November 7, 2006

Date
November 7, 2006 · 03:15 local
Place
Harrisburg, PA
Airport
Harrisburg Hospital
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
BAQA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N522ME
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC07IA023
Reported as
Urocop EC135T1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,886 total415 in this make and model33 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 commercially rated pilot failed to remove the cyclic control lock prior to attempting flight, upon realization of his error he relanded on the pad resulting in a hard landing and damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT FAILED TO REMOVE THE CYCLIC CONTROL LOCK PRIOR TO ATTEMPTING FLIGHT, UPON REALIZATION OF HIS ERROR HE RELANDED ON THE PAD RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING AND DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

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