20110527009739A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell OH-58C · Panama City, FL · May 27, 2011

Date
May 27, 2011 · 18:00 local
Place
Panama City, FL
Airport
Panama City Bay County Interna
Phase of flight
Hover/Holding
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N82772
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA11TA317
Reported as
Bell OH-58C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total3,800 in this make and model10 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.

Helicopter was hover taxing from inside of hangar and struck the door opening as it was crossing through the hangar doors to the ramp area.

As the FAA filed it

HELICOPTER WAS HOVER TAXING FROM INSIDE OF HANGAR AND STRUCK THE DOOR OPENING AS IT WAS CROSSING THROUGH THE HANGAR DOORS TO THE RAMP AREA.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.