# Accident 20071127831669A: Bell 222UT, Casper, WY, November 27, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 2007, 08:00 local time
- Place: Casper, WY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BAQA
- Location: 42.8421° N, 106.3213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Casper, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8421&lon=-106.3213&mi=10
- Aircraft: N222LF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N222LF-2017-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 222UT (registry code 1182148, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-222ut) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming LTS-101 series (registry code 41560, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-lts-101-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 222UT
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,141 total, 29 in this make and model, 91 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071127831669A

## Narrative

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

(-23) GUST OF WIND DURING START CAUSED MAIN ROTOR BLADE TO INFLICT DAMAGE TO THE TAIL BOOM, TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT, AND LEFT HORIZONTAL FIN.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N222LF (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20010406006849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010406006849A), Apr 6, 2001: Bell 222UT (N222LF), Casper, WY, No damage. (-23) While conducting an off airport landing to transport a trauma patient, the helicopter was landing in a vacant turnout. As the helicopter came in for a…

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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