# Accident 20170921022479A: Godwin Jeff E SAFARI, Fayetteville, NC, September 21, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2017, 18:58 local time
- Place: Fayetteville, NC
- Airport: Fayetteville Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0527° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fayetteville, NC, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0527&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N609DB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GODWIN JEFF E SAFARI
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360-A1D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 30 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170921022479A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PRACTICING COPTER HOVERING AND PEDAL TURNS ON FBO RAMP. DURING LAST PEDAL TURN AND LANDING PRIOR TO ACCIDENT, COPTER LANDED HARD ON RIGHT REAR SKID WITH TAIL ROTOR GUARD EITHER STRIKING OR NEARLY STRIKING PAVEMENT BEFORE COPTER SETTLED DOWN ON BOTH SKIDS. THE NEXT PULL OF THE COLLECTIVE SEEMED RATHER ABRUPT AND COPTER BRIEFLY LIFTED VERTICAL THEN ROLLED RIGHT WITH MAIN ROTORS STRIKING PAVEMENT AND COPTER SKIDDING ON THEN SETTLING ON ITS RH SIDE. DEBRIS FROM THE CRASH SEQUENCE STRUCK AN FBO FUEL TRUCK RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK. FBO PROVIDED VIDEO OF ENTIRE ACCIDENT SEQUENCE.

## 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

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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