# Incident 20150814013319I: Bell 407, San Antonio, TX, August 14, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2015, 13:52 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: San Antonio International Airp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: EVCA
- Location: 29.5340° N, 98.4691° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN ANTONIO INTL (SAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5340&lon=-98.4691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N485AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N485AE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 407 (registry code 1182206, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-407) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C47 series (registry code 03029, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c47-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 407
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C47
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 550 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150814013319I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED ON AN FBO RAMP FOR REFUELING.  FOLLOWING REFUEL, PILOT BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT TO A HOVER BETWEEN TWO OTHER PARKED  AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT INITIATED A HOVER REARWARD TO EXIT THE APRON TOWARD THE TAXIWAY.  AIRCRAFT TAIL STINGER CONTACTED A CURBSTONE AT THE EDGE OF THE APRON CAUSING A BEND IN THE VERTICAL STABILIZER APPROXIMATE 6 INCHES FOR THE BOTTOM EDGE.  THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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