# Incident 20130624022449I: Bell 222UT, Yermo, CA, June 24, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2013, 01:40 local time
- Place: Yermo, CA
- Airport: Barstow Daget
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: QMML
- Location: 34.9067° N, 116.8233° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yermo, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9067&lon=-116.8233&mi=10
- Aircraft: N419MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N419MA-2013-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 222UT (registry code 1182148, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-222ut) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming LTS-101 series (registry code 41560, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-lts-101-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 222UT
- Reported engine: LYCOMING LTS-101 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 22 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130624022449I

## Narrative

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

ON 06/25/2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 1040 HRS LOCAL TIME NEAR BARSTOW, CALIFORNIA, BELL HELICOPTER, BHT-222UT, N419MA, OPERATING UNDER NIGHT VISION GOGGLES (NVG), ENCOUNTERED A BROWNOUT CONDITION DUE TO DUST AND MADE A HARD LANDING BETWEEN I-40 AND I-15 IN BARSTOW, CALIFORNIA AT 1040 PDT.  LANDING GEAR DAMAGE AND TAIL STINGER DAMAGE.  NO INJURIES.

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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