# Incident 20070420015239I: Bell 206B, Williamsport, PA, April 20, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2007, 08:30 local time
- Place: Williamsport, PA
- Airport: Williamsport Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Vertical (Helicopter Only)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: EH1M
- Location: 41.2417° N, 76.9218° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAMSPORT RGNL (IPT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2417&lon=-76.9218&mi=10
- Aircraft: N176P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N176P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 308 total, 85 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070420015239I

## Narrative

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

(-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^

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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