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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Sikorsky S-61N · February 29, 2012

Date
February 29, 2012 · 08:20 local
Airport
Fob Shank
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
39LA
Collision
Collision on the ground
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N408WC
Reported as
Sikorsky S-61N
Reported engine
GE CT58-140-2
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor

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.

N408WC landed at support base xenon 37AND was taxing to parking. One pilot had hands on controls the second pilot was reading afteer landing checklist. An army CH-47 was parked in a spot designated for smaller aircraft. As N408WC passed the CH-47 blade tip of wc made contact with a rotorblade of the CH-47 minor damage

As the FAA filed it

N408WC LANDED AT SUPPORT BASE XENON 37AND WAS TAXING TO PARKING. ONE PILOT HAD HANDS ON CONTROLS THE SECOND PILOT WAS READING AFTEER LANDING CHECKLIST. AN ARMY CH-47 WAS PARKED IN A SPOT DESIGNATED FOR SMALLER AIRCRAFT. AS N408WC PASSED THE CH-47 BLADE TIP OF WC MADE CONTACT WITH A ROTORBLADE OF THE CH-47 MINOR DAMAGE