# Incident 20120809020429I: Boeing V.-Columbia Helicopters 107-II, Chester, CA, August 9, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2012, 18:10 local time
- Place: Chester, CA
- Airport: Rogers Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CHIA
- Location: 40.2824° N, 121.2412° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROGERS FLD (O05), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2824&lon=-121.2412&mi=10
- Aircraft: N190CH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N190CH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing-Vertol 107-II (registry code 1385007, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-vertol-107-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CT58-140-2 (registry code 30129, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-ct58-140-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING V.-COLUMBIA HELICOPTERS 107-II
- Reported engine: GE CT58 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,841 total, 4,094 in this make and model, 138 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120809020429I

## Narrative

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

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT AND COPILOT STATEMENTS, DURING A DIP FOR WATER THERE WAS SOME MISCOMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE CREW THAT ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO GET TO CLOSE TO A TREE AND THE FORWARD ROTOR BLADES CONTACTED A TREE. AFTER RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT, APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES AWAY THE CREW AND MAINTENANCE PERSONAL NOTED MINOR BLADE DAMAGE AS FOLLOWS. MINOR BLADE DAMAGE OCCURRED TO ALL THREE OF THE ROTOR BLADES. ONE OF BLADES HAS SCRATCHES AND PAINT CHIPPING, ANOTHER HAS ONE HOLE WITH DEEPER SCRATCHING AND LARGER PAINT CHIPPING, AND THE OTHER BLADE HAS TWO HOLES WITH SOME DELAMINATION OF THE TOP SKIN BY THE LARGER HOLE WITH PAINT CHIPPING AND SCRATCHES. NONE OF THE BLADES HAD ANY LEADING EDGE DAMAGE OR CONTACT MARKINGS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN INSPECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR (CAMP) MAINTENANCE PROGRAM AND SPECIAL INSPECTION SECTION. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS NOTED OR REPORTED. THE DAMAGED ROTOR BLADES WERE REPLACED INSPECTIONS COMPLETED AND THE HELICOPTER WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

## Other reports on N190CH (1)

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

- [Accident 19830820074729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830820074729A), Aug 20, 1983: Boeing 1072 (N190CH), Shaver Lake, CA, Destroyed. #3SYN chronizing shaft failed on lifting a external load. Caused main rotors to collide. Rivet hole fatigue cracks.

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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