# Incident 20180602006859I: Bell UH-1H, Rome, GA, June 2, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2018, 16:00 local time
- Place: Rome, GA
- Airport: Richard B Russell
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3506° N, 85.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Richard B Russell Airport (RMG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3506&lon=-85.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N624HF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N624HF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell UH-1H (registry code 1181407, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-uh-1h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming T53-L-13 (registry code 41551, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-t53-l-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL UH-1H
- Reported engine: LYCOMING T53-L-13
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 112 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180602006859I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 2, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 4 O?CLOCK PM EST.  N624HF A BELL UH-1H OPERATED BY ARMY AVIATION HERITAGE FOUNDATION (AAHF) WAS PERFORMING A SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT KNOWN AS A ?LIVING HISTORY FLIGHT.? WHILE ON THIS FLIGHT APPROXIMATELY 4-5 NM WEST OF THE RICHARD B. RUSSELL AIRPORT IN ROME,GA (KRMG) OVER A WOODED AREA NORTH OF BERRY COLLEGE, THE RIGHT CARGO DOOR DETACHED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AT 1000FT AGL AND A SPEED OF 100 KNOTS. THE DOOR STRUCK THE RIGHT REAR FUSELAGE AND DID MINOR SHEET METAL DAMAGE, WHICH INCLUDED BENDING A SUPPORT ATTACH BRACKET. THE DOOR ALSO STRUCK ONE OF THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES BUT DID NOT AFFECT THE FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE CREW ELECTED TO CONTINUE THE FLIGHT AND LAND AT KRMG (ROME, GA) WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THERE WAS 5 PASSENGERS ON BOARD AND 4 CREW MEMBERS.

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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