# Incident 20120507010349I: Sikorsky S-52-3, Midland, MI, May 7, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2012, 09:00 local time
- Place: Midland, MI
- Airport: Midland, Jack Barstow
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6156° N, 84.2472° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Midland, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6156&lon=-84.2472&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9329R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9329R-2025-12-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sikorsky S-52-3 (registry code 8141306, https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-52-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SIKORSKY S-52-3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,031 total, 5 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120507010349I

## Narrative

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

AN ANONYMOUS CALL WAS RECEIVED BY THE GRAND RAPIDS FSDO 05/16/12 REGARDING A HELICOPTER THAT WAS REPORTEDLY HARD LANDED, WITH MINOR DAMAGE.  05/17/12 SURVEILLANCE WAS CONDUCTED AND PILOT WAS INTERVIEWED.  THE PILOT REPORTED DURING A HOVERING MANEUVER THE HELICOPTER'S CLUTCH SLIPPED RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING.  THE HELICOPTER SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO MODIFIED LANDING SKID ASSEMBLY, A PUNCTURE OF THE SKIN WAS VISIBLE WHERE THE LANDING SKID ATTACHES TO THE FORWARD LOWER LEFT FUSELAGE.

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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