# Accident 20160901015829A: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 429, Queens, NY, September 1, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2016, 13:00 local time
- Place: Queens, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7864° N, 73.8786° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7864&lon=-73.8786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N917PD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N917PD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 429 (registry code 1182158, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-429) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW207D1/D2 (registry code 52299, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw207d1-d2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA 429
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW207D1
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,015 total, 200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16CA313](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16CA313) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160901015829A

## Narrative

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

PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) STATES AFTER A HIGH AND LOW RECONNAISSANCE HE EXECUTED A NORMAL APPROACHED TO AN  UNPREPARED LZ WHICH TERMINATED TO A 3-5 FOOT HOVER.

THE AIRCRAFT AND CREW WERE BEING MARSHALED BY GROUND PERSONNEL AT THE OFF SITE LANDING ZONE (LZ). THE LZ WAS A GRASSY TERRAIN AREA AND APPARENTLY SLOPED. AS THE PIC LOWERED COLLECTIVE THE AIRCRAFT SLID REARWARD. IN AN ATTEMPT TO LEVEL THE AIRCRAFT THE PIC APPLIED FORWARD CYCLIC AND THE  MAIN ROTOR MADE CONTACT WITH THE WIRE STRIKE PROTECTION SYSTEM.

THE PIC REPOSITIONED THE AIRCRAFT PARALLEL TO THE SLOPE.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHUT DOWN AND INSPECTED FOR DAMAGE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT TWO OF THE FOUR MAIN ROTOR BLADES WERE DAMAGED.  BELL MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AT THE SCENE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE TWO DAMAGED BLADES.  AN AFTER MAINTENANCE RUN UP OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA16CA313](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16CA313), Sep 1, 2016: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 429 (N917PD), Rikers Island, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s overcontrolling of the helicopter during an aborted slope landing from a hover, which resulted in a main rotor blade strike.

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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