# Incident 20080610835209I: Doug MD900, Mesa, AZ, June 10, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2008, 07:00 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9016W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9016W-2012-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter MD 900 (registry code 3027375, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-helicopter-md-900) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206A (registry code 52151, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw206a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG MD900
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 500 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/20080610835209I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 6-10-08, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ALONG WITH MECHANICS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PERFORMED A MAINTENANCE CHECK FLIGHT OF N9016W TO CHECK AUTO ROTATION RPM FOLLOWING MAINTENANCE.  FOLLOWING THESE CHECKS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT WHILE EN-ROUTE BACK TO FFZ, HE PERFORMED A 360 DEGREE LEFT BANK OVER ONE OF THE MECHANICS HOUSES, BUT NEVER EXCEEDED A 45 DEGREE BANK ANGLE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE BELIEVED THE BANK ANGLE TO BE AROUND 60 DEGREES.  DURING THE AIRCRAFTS NEXT PRE-FLIGHT, IT WAS NOTED THAT ALL FIVE OF THE PITCH CASES WERE DAMAGED FROM HITTING THE MAIN ROTOR HUB BOLTS.

## Other reports on N9016W (1)

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

- [Accident 20040908034889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040908034889A), Sep 8, 2004: Doug MD900 (N9016W), Mesa, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) Helicopter taxied from parking at Boeing Mesa airfield. It then performed several hovering maneuvers for approx. 10 minutes in the helicopter active…

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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