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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Robinson Helicopter R44 II · Bornite, AK · July 2, 2017

Date
July 2, 2017 · 08:45 local
Place
Bornite, AK
Airport
Remote Drill Site
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
UPXC
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7528Z
Reported as
Robinson Helicopter R44 II
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
4,395 total3,470 in this make and model180 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.

Pilot shut down the helicopter on a Remote drilling pad. When the pilot stepped out to load the aircraft it rolled backward off the pad due to not landing more forward on the pad.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT SHUT DOWN THE HELICOPTER ON A REMOTE DRILLING PAD. WHEN THE PILOT STEPPED OUT TO LOAD THE AIRCRAFT IT ROLLED BACKWARD OFF THE PAD DUE TO NOT LANDING MORE FORWARD ON THE PAD.

Other reports on N7528Z · 1

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