# Incident 20081201853919I: Bell 222U, Victorville, CA, December 1, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 2008, 22:10 local time
- Place: Victorville, CA
- Airport: Southern California Logistics
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5955° N, 117.3827° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOGISTICS (VCV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5955&lon=-117.3827&mi=10
- Aircraft: N402MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N402MA-2009-02-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 222U (registry code 1182140, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-222u) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming LTS-101 series (registry code 41560, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-lts-101-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 222U
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,950 total, 178 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081201853919I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATEMENT READ AS FOLLOWS: WHILE ON TAKEOFF FOR FUEL BURN FLIGHT TO GET THE AIRCRAFT DOWN TO MISSION WEIGHT, PILOT SIDE DOOR STARTED RATTLING, NOTICED DOOR WAS NOT PROPERLY CLOSED.  DECIDED TO MAKE A RIGHT CIRCLE TO LAND AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY.  ON SHORT FINAL INADVERTENTLY ENTERED SETTLING WITH POWER, REDUCED COLLECTIVE BUT TOO LOW TO FLY OUT.  AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO THE GROUND AND HARD LANDING OCCURRED.  OPERATOR ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED A MISSION BUT WAS CANCELLED, AS A RESULT ROTORCRAFT HAD TO BE FLOWN TO BURN OFF FUEL PRIOR TO LANDING.

## Other reports on N402MA (1)

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

- [Incident 19930131008259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930131008259I), Jan 31, 1993: Bell 412 (N402MA), Chino, CA, Minor damage. Encountered an electrical powerline on climbout. Precautionary landing. Patients transferred to another helicopter.

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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