# Incident 20071021830859I: Bolkms BK117A3, Kokomo, IN, October 21, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2007, 12:52 local time
- Place: Kokomo, IN
- Airport: Kokomo Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: RMXA
- Location: 40.5277° N, 86.0597° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KOKOMO MUNI (OKK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5277&lon=-86.0597&mi=10
- Aircraft: N112LL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N112LL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: MBB BK 117 A-3 (registry code 5626015, https://openairdocs.org/model/mbb-bk-117-a-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming LTS-101 series (registry code 41560, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-lts-101-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOLKMS BK117A3
- Reported engine: LYC LTS101*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,638 total, 15 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071021830859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER LANDING IN ORDER TO UPLOAD FUEL FROM A FUELING AREA ON THE OKK RAMP, THE AIRCRAFT HAD TO MANEUVER IN GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS UP TO 28 KNOTS. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE FUELING AREA, THE PILOT REDUCED POWER ON THE COLLECTIVE AND RELIEVED PRESSURE ON THE CYCLIC AND AS THE ROTOR BLADES LOST LIFT, THE ROTOR BLADES DROPPED IN THE VERTICAL PLANE AND CAME INTO CONTACT WITH A VERTICAL FUEL PIPE IN THE FUELING AREA. EACH OF THE FOUR MAIN ROTOR BLADES SUSTAINED DAMAGE. A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF THE ENGINE DETERMINED THAT DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO ROTOR BLADES.

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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