20181030021259A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 430 · Kona, HI · October 30, 2018

Date
October 30, 2018 · 11:05 local
Place
Kona, HI
Airport
Kona-Kailua
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
K2DA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N430ST
Reported as
Bell 430
Reported engine
Allison 250 series
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,653 total136 in this make and model77 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.

While climbing to 1500 feet MSL in progress pilot experienced a loud thump. Pilot immediately felt a medium-to high frequency vibration of significant amplitude more through the airframe than through the flight controls.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE CLIMBING TO 1500 FEET MSL IN PROGRESS PILOT EXPERIENCED A LOUD THUMP. PILOT IMMEDIATELY FELT A MEDIUM-TO HIGH FREQUENCY VIBRATION OF SIGNIFICANT AMPLITUDE MORE THROUGH THE AIRFRAME THAN THROUGH THE FLIGHT CONTROLS.