# Incident 20100429033059I: Messerschmi BK 117 B-2, Granite City, IL, April 29, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2010, 19:23 local time
- Place: Granite City, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: QMLA
- Location: 38.7293° N, 90.1255° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Granite City, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7293&lon=-90.1255&mi=10
- Aircraft: N122SL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N122SL-2018-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BK 117 B-2 (registry code 5626013, https://openairdocs.org/model/messerschmitt-bolkow-blohm-bk-117-b-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming LTS-101 series (registry code 41560, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-lts-101-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MESSERSCHMI BK 117 B-2
- Reported engine: LYCOMING LTS-101 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,733 total, 2,331 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100429033059I

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER WAS SITTING ON GROUND RUNNING AT FULL POWER AFTER UNEVENTFUL LANDING. BASE PILOT IN RIGHT SEAT HAD ALLOWED NEW HIRE PILOT IN LEFT SEAT TO FLY AND MAKE THE LANDING. THE NEW HIRE PILOT STATED THAT HE FELT THE HELICOPTER ROCK BACK SO HE MADE FORWARD CYCLIC INPUT RESULTING IN ALL FOUR ROTOR BLADES STRIKING THE UPPER WIRE STRIKE PROTECTION SYSTEM. ALL FOUR BLADES RECIEVED DENTS TO THE LEADING EDGE, THE WIRE STRIKE WAS BENT OVER, THE RIGHT HAND GREEN HOUSE BROKE OUT AND THE MAST MOMENT INDICATOR LIGHT ILUMINATED.

## Other reports on N122SL (1)

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

- [Incident 20111001023839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111001023839I), Oct 1, 2011: Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BK 117 B-2 (N122SL), St. Louis, MO, Minor damage. Pilot stated that she was repositioning the aircraft from arch base, located at [privacy data omitted]., in St. Louis, MO. Pilot stated she landed to pick up…

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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