# Incident 20070810017409I: Bell 206L4, Lawrenceville, GA, August 10, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2007, 09:30 local time
- Place: Lawrenceville, GA
- Airport: Gwinnett County - Briscoe Fiel
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: H11A
- Location: 33.9781° N, 83.9624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GWINNETT COUNTY/BRISCOE FLD (LZU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9781&lon=-83.9624&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23HX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N23HX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206-L4 (registry code 1182110, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206-l4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C30P (registry code 03099, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c30p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L4
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,510 total, 370 in this make and model, 198 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070810017409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING LANDING ON THE PLATFORM THE PILOT LOOKED OUT THE DOOR TO LINE UP THE SKIDS LONGWAYS ON THE PLATFORM. WHEN THE SKIDS CONTACTED THE PLATFORM THE REAR CROSS TUBE WAS NOT FULLY ON THE PLATFORM AND THE HELICOPTER TIPPED BACKWARDS AND CAME TO REST ON THE HEELS OF THE SKIDS WITH THE TOES OF THE FRONT PORTION STILL ON THE PLATFORM. WHEN THE HELICOPTER TIPPED REARWARDS WITH THE SKIDS HALFWAY ON THE PLATFORM AND THE GROUND ON THE REAR IT CAUSED THE M/R BLADES TO CONTACT THE WIRE STRIKE KIT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LOWER SIDE OF THE BLADES. THE PILOT REPORTED 5 TO 10 MPH GUSTING WINDS AND CROSSWINDS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. ALSO THE PILOT CALLED THE LZU TOWER AND CONFIRMED THE WINDS AT 10:15 AM LOCAL TIME.

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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