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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206B · Williamsport, PA · April 20, 2007

Date: April 20, 2007 · 08:30 local
Place: Williamsport, PA
Airport: Williamsport Regional
Phase of flight: To Vertical (Helicopter Only)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: EH1M
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N176P
Reported as: Bell 206B
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 308 total85 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N176PRegistered now · Bell 206BS/N 4219 Airframe modelBell 206B Engine modelAllison 250-C20 seriesTurbo-prop

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) During takeoff from portable landing platform, in crosswind conditions, aircraft drifted right, and right hand landing skid dropped off platform while still in contact with platform. Aircraft rolled to the right and pitched nose up. Right hand horizontal stabilizer, vertical stabilizer and main rotor blades struck concrete apron adjacent to landing platform. Aircraft bounced and became airborne momentarily. Aircraft settled on the ground and spun one full turn, then came to rest on the landing skids. Aircraft sustained damage to landing skids, main rotor blades, horizontal stabilizer, vertical stabilizer, tail boom assembly, and main transmission aerodynamic fairings. Two occupants on board did not sustain injuries. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING TAKEOFF FROM PORTABLE LANDING PLATFORM, IN CROSSWIND CONDITIONS, AIRCRAFT DRIFTED RIGHT, AND RIGHT HAND LANDING SKID DROPPED OFF PLATFORM WHILE STILL IN CONTACT WITH PLATFORM. AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO THE RIGHT AND PITCHED NOSE UP. RIGHT HAND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, VERTICAL STABILIZER AND MAIN ROTOR BLADES STRUCK CONCRETE APRON ADJACENT TO LANDING PLATFORM. AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND BECAME AIRBORNE MOMENTARILY. AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON THE GROUND AND SPUN ONE FULL TURN, THEN CAME TO REST ON THE LANDING SKIDS. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO LANDING SKIDS, MAIN ROTOR BLADES, HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, VERTICAL STABILIZER, TAIL BOOM ASSEMBLY, AND MAIN TRANSMISSION AERODYNAMIC FAIRINGS. TWO OCCUPANTS ON BOARD DID NOT SUSTAIN INJURIES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^