# Incident 20111004023599I: Siskorsky S76C, Deland, FL, October 4, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2011, 09:00 local time
- Place: Deland, FL
- Airport: Deland Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0227° N, 81.2865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DeLand, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0227&lon=-81.2865&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SISKORSKY S76C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 21,000 total, 19,500 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111004023599I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 4 2011, I RESPONDED TO AN INCIDENT AT DELAND AIRPORT (DED) INVOLVING N701UF A CHALLENGER II LIGHT SPORT AIRPLANE AND PR-PVM A BRAZILIAN REGISTERED S76C HELICOPTER. PV-PVM FLEW IN FROM THE NORTH OF DED AIRPORT, HIS FLIGHT PATH WAS BETWEEN RUNWAY 5 AND THE TAXI WAY WHICH WAS ON HIS RIGHT. N701UF WAS PERFORMING MAGNETO CHECKS ON THE AIRPORTS DESIGNATED RUN UP AREA, WHICH IS  LOCATED ON THE TAXI WAY, 100 FEET OR SO FROM THE HOLD SHORT LINE OF RUNWAY 5. AS PR-PVM APPROACHED THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 5, PV-PVM MADE A RIGHT TURN AWAY FROM THE RUNWAY ONTO THE TAXIWAY AND STARTED HIS DECENT AND TRANSITION TO A HOVER TAXI. THE HELICOPTERS PROP WASH CAUSED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TURBULENCE, WHICH AFFECTED N701UF BY LIFTING THE LEFT WING OFF THE GROUND, RESULTING IN THE RIGHT WING MAKING CONTACT WITH THE GROUND.  N701UF SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE; THE RIGHT WING OBTAINED SCRATCHES ON THE LEADING AND TRAILING EDGE. THE SKIN OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT PUNCTURED DURING THE INCIDENT.

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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