# Incident 20160107005149I: Bell Boeing MV-22, Arlington, TX, January 7, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 2016, 05:45 local time
- Place: Arlington, TX
- Airport: Arlington Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6639° N, 97.0943° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARLINGTON MUNI (GKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6639&lon=-97.0943&mi=10
- Aircraft: N204TR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N204TR-2018-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Boeing MV-22 (registry code 118103B, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-boeing-mv-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce AE-1107C (registry code 54002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-ae-1107c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL BOEING MV-22
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC AE 1107C
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,900 total, 325 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160107005149I

## Narrative

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

AFTER COMPLETING AN APPROACH FOR LANDING, WHILE DURING HOVER, THE PILOT STARTED TO ALLOW THE AIRCRAFT TO DESCEND VERTICAL TO COMPLETE THE LANDING.  PILOT NOTICED A HIGHER THAN NORMAL SINK RATE AND TRIED TO MAKE A CORRRECTION, BUT THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE SURFACE HARDER THAN NORMAL.

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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