# Incident 20120402004449I: Bell 412EP, Miami, FL, April 2, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 2012, 07:44 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Opa-Locka Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: M0FM
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N911FR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 412EP
- Reported engine: P&W PT6 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120402004449I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 6, 2012, WE INVESTIGATED INCIDENT #ISO192012041, INVOLVING MIAMI DADE FIRE RESCUE, HELICOPTER MODEL BELL 412EP, REGISTRATION N911FR, S/N 36248, AT OPA-LOCKA AIPORT (KPOF), MIAMI, FLORIDA THAT OCCURRED ON APRIL 2, 2012.  PILOTS WERE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CERTIFICATE #^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON APRIL 6, 2012, WE INTERVIEWED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HE STATED THAT THE FLIGHT CREW PERFORMED NORMAL START PROCEDURE AND CLEARED THE GROUND POWER UNIT (GPU) TO BE DISCONNECTED.  HE STARTED TO ROLL UP THE THROTTLES TO 100% WHEN THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN UNCONTROLLED 270, COUNTER CLOCKWISE TURN, RIGHT PEDAL WAS APPLIED TO FULL DEFLECTION TO PREVENT THE TURN AND THROTTLE WAS ROLLED DOWN. AS A RESULT OF THE UNCONTROLLED TURN THE HELICOPTER SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LOWER NOSE SECTION WINDOW AND AFT CENTER FUSELAGE AREA AFTER HITTING THE DISCONNECTED GPU. MIAMI DADE FIRE RECUE (MDR), PROVIDED US WITH A REPORT IN PAPER AND ELECTRONIC FORMAT OF THE INCIDENT WHICH CONTAINED THE FOLLOWING:•INCIDENT REPORT BY CAPTAIN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND COMMANDER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.•P&P II-B-29 ATTACHMENT #1.•NOTICE OF ACCIDENT, CODE NO. 037-01-078. •SUPERVISOR'S INVESTIGATION REPORT OF EMPLOYEE JOB INJURY ILLNESS.•MEMO DATED APRIL 2, 2012, FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.•MEMO DATED APRIL 2, 2012, FROM PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^•MEMO DATED APRIL 2, 2012, FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.•MEMO DATED APRIL 2, 2012, FROM FLIGHT MEDIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.•MDFR MINOR INJURY REPORT FORM DATED 04-02-2012.•N911FR, WEIGHT AND BALANCE DATED APRIL 2, 2012.•AVIATION DIGITAL DATA SERVICE (ADDS).•(6) PAGES OF PICTURES OF THE INCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, FROM THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT WAS INTERVIEWED, HE STATED AFTER THE INCIDENT THE HELICOPTER WAS TRANSPORTED ON A FLATBED TRUCK BACK TO A MIAMI EXECUTIVE AIRPORT WHERE HE TESTED THE TAIL ROTOR SYSTEMS NO DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND.  THE MANUFACTURER BELL HELICOPTER OF CANADA WAS CONTACTED FOR SUPPORT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WILL BE TRAVELLING TO BELL HELICOPTER OF CANADA TO OBSERVE THE TROUBLE SHOOTING AND DISASSEMBLY OF THE C BOX WHICH MAY HAVE MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING THE UNCONTROLLED TURN AND WILL INFORM US OF THE RESULT.

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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