# Accident 20180619008199A: Bell OH-58A, Raliegh, NC, June 19, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2018, 14:02 local time
- Place: Raliegh, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7319° N, 78.6286° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7319&lon=-78.6286&mi=10
- Aircraft: N303HP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N303HP-2018-11-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell OH-58A (registry code 1181579, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-oh-58a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL OH-58A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 938 total, 721 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA170) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180619008199A

## Narrative

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

RALEIGH, NC: N303HP, OH-58, CRASHED DURING ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE LEFT SIDE NEXT TO THE HELIPAD. POB: 2, INJURIES: MINOR, DAMAGE: SUBSTANIAL. 06/19/2018 1806Z

THE PIC HAD STARTED HIS PREFLIGHT DUTIES WHICH INCLUDED, REPOSITIONING THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE HANGER TO THE HELIPAD FOR DEPARTURE, THIS IS DONE VIA AN ELECTRIC DOLLY. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPOSITIONED, THE PIC DISCONNECTED THE LEFT SKID FROM THE DOLLY AND STARTED TO GO TO THE OTHER SIDE AND WAS INTERRUPTED BY THE PASSENGER WHO REQUESTED THAT THE CYCLIC AND COLLECTIVE BE REMOVED FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE PIC REMOVED THEM AND TOOK THEM BACK TO THE HANGER AND THEN RETURNED TO THE AIRCRAFT LOOKING AT THE UPPER PART OF THE AIRCRAFT AS HE APPROACHED IT AND PROCEEDED TO CLIMB IN AND DID NOT DISCONNECT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DOLLY. WHILE LIFTING OFF WITH THE DOLLY STILL ATTACHED TO THE AIRCRAFT, THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO ROLL TO THE RIGHT AND WHEN THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO COUNTER THE ROLL WITH LEFT CYCLIC. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A DYNAMIC ROLLOVER AND CAME TO REST ON ITS LEFT SIDE PARTIALLY INVERTED. BOTH OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PIC THEN GOT THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER THAT WAS ON THE HELIPAD AND IMMEDIATELY PUT OUT THE FIRE THAT HAD STARTED.

## 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 ERA18LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA170), Jun 19, 2018: Bell OH 58A (N303HP), Raleigh, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, during which he failed to detach ground handling equipment from the helicopter before initiating the takeoff, which resulted in the subsequent dynamic…

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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