# Incident 20121029025059I: Helio H-395, Rapid City, SD, October 29, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2012, 10:25 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0805° N, 103.2310° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rapid City, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0805&lon=-103.2310&mi=10
- Aircraft: N295JA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HELIO H-395
- Reported engine: LYCOMING GO-480 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 10,486 total, 25 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121029025059I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 29, 2012, AT APPOXIMATELY 1025 MDT A HELIO H-395 ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT RAPID CITY AIRPORT IN SOUTH DAKOTA. THE LEFT WING TIP AND LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER STRUCK THE GROUND. ESTIMATED SPEED OF THE GROUND LOOP WAS APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. THE PILOT AND CREW MEMBER WERE UNINJURED.

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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