# Incident 20120429007099I: Bell 430, Tecumseh, MI, April 29, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2012, 14:00 local time
- Place: Tecumseh, MI
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: UG8A
- Location: 42.0061° N, 83.9445° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tecumseh, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0061&lon=-83.9445&mi=10
- Aircraft: N433UM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N433UM-2024-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 430 (registry code 1182150, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-430) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 series (registry code 03014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 430
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250 SERIES
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,400 total, 675 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120429007099I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT LANDED THE BELL BHT-430 HELICOPTER ON A MAIN STREET IN DOWNTOWN TECUMSEH, MI TO RETRIEVE AN ACCIDENT VICTIM FOR TRANSPORT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITAL IN ANN ARBOR. THE PILOT CONDUCTED A 360 DEGREE OVERVIEW OF THE LANDING SITE BEFORE LANDING. HE CONSIDERED NEARBY TREES AND OBSTRUCTIONS. ALTHOUGH THE LANDING TOOK PLACE ON A MAIN STREET IN TOWN WHEREIN THE LANDING SITE OFFERED TIGHT CLEARANCES FROM SURROUNDING OBJECTS, THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. UPON TAKEOFF, THE ROTORWASH INFLICTED MINOR DAMAGE TO STORES NEARBY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS TO AN AWNING ON ONE STOREFRONT THAT WAS DESTROYED. HOWEVER, THE FLYING DEBRIS CAUSED BY THE DEPARTING HELICOPTER WAS HAZARDOUS TO THE OPERATION BUT NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUSTAINED.

## Other reports on N433UM (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20041113031689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041113031689I), Nov 13, 2004: Bell 430 (N433UM), Wayne, MI, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot made an attempt to land the helicopter at oak wood general hospital located in Wayne mi. While landing the pilot misjudged his clearance and…

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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