# Accident 20160215001699A: Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 600N, Ashland, OR, February 15, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2016, 14:30 local time
- Place: Ashland, OR
- Airport: Ashland Municipal-Sumner Parker Fie
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BVOA
- Location: 42.1903° N, 122.6606° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASHLAND MUNI/SUMNER PARKER FLD (S03), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1903&lon=-122.6606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N745BW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N745BW-2022-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 600N (registry code 3027377, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-helicopter-600n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C47 series (registry code 03029, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c47-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS HELICOPTER 600N
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C47
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 9,400 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160215001699A

## Narrative

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

THE  PILOT NOTICED AN ABNORMAL VIBRATION IN THE AIRCRAFT.  ON LANDING AN EXAMINATION OF THE MAIN ROTOR BLADE REVEALED A 4.5 INCH CRACK MEASURED FROM THE TRAILING EDGE IN BOTH THE UPPER AND LOWER BLADE SKINS AT BLADE STATION 91.   THE BLADE SERIAL NUMBER IS U088.  THIS REPORT HAS BEEN AMENDED WITH THE PILOTS FLIGHT HOURS.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N745BW (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20200720011699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200720011699A), Jul 20, 2020: Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 600N (N745BW), San Andreas, CA, Destroyed. Helicopter hovering over checking a transmission wire ? Pilot in left seat and lineman in right and rear airspeed 15 mph 250 feet above the ground. Fire…

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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