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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell Helico 407 · San Luis, CO · August 4, 2010

Date
August 4, 2010 · 18:00 local
Place
San Luis, CO
Phase of flight
Hover/Holding
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N921ES
Reported as
Bell Helico 407
Reported engine
Rolls-Royce 250-C47B
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
3,950 total110 in this make and model50 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.

Pilot departed raton, NM (krtn) and landed aircraft in a confined area at his residence in San Luis, CO. Aircraft tail rotor contacted small tree in the vicinity of parking pad, resulting in minor trailing edge damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED RATON, NM (KRTN) AND LANDED AIRCRAFT IN A CONFINED AREA AT HIS RESIDENCE IN SAN LUIS, CO. AIRCRAFT TAIL ROTOR CONTACTED SMALL TREE IN THE VICINITY OF PARKING PAD, RESULTING IN MINOR TRAILING EDGE DAMAGE.