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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 412 · Hesperia, CA · September 22, 2015

Date
September 22, 2015 · 16:30 local
Place
Hesperia, CA
Airport
Hesperia
Phase of flight
Unknown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N405LN
Reported as
Bell 412
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6T-3B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,044 total515 in this make and model6 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.

Maintenance was performed on the main rotor system. Soon after, the aircraft departed L26 flew to fullerton CA. And returned to L26. Post flight inspection discovered damage to one tail rotor blade.

As the FAA filed it

MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED ON THE MAIN ROTOR SYSTEM. SOON AFTER, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED L26 FLEW TO FULLERTON CA. AND RETURNED TO L26. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION DISCOVERED DAMAGE TO ONE TAIL ROTOR BLADE.