55.3145° N, 160.4856° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Sand Point, AK, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 21, 2009 · 18:00 local
Place
Sand Point, AK
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
U0GA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N166EH
Reported as
Aerospatial AS350 B2 EC
Reported engine
Turbomeca ARRIEL-1SER
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total3,500 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
According to the airmen, the helicopter landed safely on a creek bed. Because the aircraft was not on level ground, it was being repositioned when the rotor blades struck a rock wall causing minor damage.
As the FAA filed it
ACCORDING TO THE AIRMEN, THE HELICOPTER LANDED SAFELY ON A CREEK BED. BECAUSE THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT ON LEVEL GROUND, IT WAS BEING REPOSITIONED WHEN THE ROTOR BLADES STRUCK A ROCK WALL CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.