20141221023231A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 430 · Miami Gardens, FL · December 21, 2014

Date
December 21, 2014 · 12:45 local
Place
Miami Gardens, FL
Airport
Dolphin Stadium Heliport
Phase of flight
Hover/Holding
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Collision on the ground
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N430WH
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA15CA081
Reported as
Bell 430
Reported engine
Rolls-Royce 250-C40B
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
6,530 total450 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While hover taxiing helicopter (N430WH) to a parking pad the tail rotor made contact with the main rotor blade tip of an unoccupied parked helicopter (N155WH).

As the FAA filed it

WHILE HOVER TAXIING HELICOPTER (N430WH) TO A PARKING PAD THE TAIL ROTOR MADE CONTACT WITH THE MAIN ROTOR BLADE TIP OF AN UNOCCUPIED PARKED HELICOPTER (N155WH).

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.