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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Agusta A119 · Galveston, TX · August 28, 2018

Date: August 28, 2018 · 09:00 local
Place: Galveston, TX
Airport: High Island 537b
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: U0GA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N108AG
Reported as: Agusta A119
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6B-37A
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,755 total12 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

N108AGRegistered now · Agusta A119S/N 14053 · Built 2005 Airframe modelAgusta A119 Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6B-37ATurbo-shaft

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.

While on approach to gulf oil platform HIA547B, the pilot maneuvered over the deck. He stated he had a "pla" (power lever angle) message illuminate and the aircraft bounced into the air. At that time he flew the aircraft away from the platform to assess the situation and discovered the left skid had been torn away from the aircraft.

The pilot had landed short on the landing pad and hooked the left skid between the safety fence and the pad which tore the skid away from the aircraft. He flew the aircraft back to the home base in Galveston (gls) Texas.

The pilot hovered low to the ground and let the passengers evacuate. The ground crew stacked some wood pallets and the pilot was able to set the left side of the aircraft on them with the right side on the skid.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ON APPROACH TO GULF OIL PLATFORM HIA547B, THE PILOT MANEUVERED OVER THE DECK. HE STATED HE HAD A "PLA" (POWER LEVER ANGLE) MESSAGE ILLUMINATE AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED INTO THE AIR. AT THAT TIME HE FLEW THE AIRCRAFT AWAY FROM THE PLATFORM TO ASSESS THE SITUATION AND DISCOVERED THE LEFT SKID HAD BEEN TORN AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

THE PILOT HAD LANDED SHORT ON THE LANDING PAD AND HOOKED THE LEFT SKID BETWEEN THE SAFETY FENCE AND THE PAD WHICH TORE THE SKID AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT. HE FLEW THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE HOME BASE IN GALVESTON (GLS) TEXAS.

THE PILOT HOVERED LOW TO THE GROUND AND LET THE PASSENGERS EVACUATE. THE GROUND CREW STACKED SOME WOOD PALLETS AND THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO SET THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT ON THEM WITH THE RIGHT SIDE ON THE SKID.