# Incident 20100423032379I: Bell 222U, Laughlin, NV, April 23, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2010, 09:38 local time
- Place: Laughlin, NV
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QMLA
- Location: 35.1438° N, 114.6206° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Laughlin, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1438&lon=-114.6206&mi=10
- Aircraft: N220LN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N220LN-2014-10-06) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING LTS-101 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 10,857 total, 1,082 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100423032379I

## Narrative

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

PIC SAFELY LANDED TO ONE OF  THE FOUR HELIPADS LOCATED AT THE MULTI PURPOSE POLICE/FIRE DEPARTMENT HELIPORT IN LAUGHLIN, NEVADA. PIC WAS ASKED IF HE COULD REPOSITION THE AIRCRAFT TO THE SOUTHWESTERN MOST PAD. PIC HOVER TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RE-ASSIGNED PAD. PIC'S CREWMEMBER OBSERVER WAS BUSY HANDLING A RADIO CALL AND FAILED TO ALERT THE PILOT AS TO THEIR CLOSE PROXIMITY OF A 15 FOOT PALO VERDE TREE. SUBSEQUENTLY THE MAIN ROTOR BLADE TIPS STRUCK THE PALO VERDE TREE CAUSING BLADE TIP DAMAGE.

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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