# Incident 20191110018459I: Bell 407, Fourchon, LA, November 10, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 2019, 14:28 local time
- Place: Fourchon, LA
- Airport: Houma-Terrebonne
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Location: 29.5665° N, 90.6604° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOUMA-TERREBONNE (HUM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5665&lon=-90.6604&mi=10
- Aircraft: N496PH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N496PH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 407 (registry code 1182206, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-407) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C47 series (registry code 03029, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c47-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 407
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C47
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,837 total, 54 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191110018459I

## Narrative

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

DURING  APPROACH TO SS218B,  PILOT WAS LATE IN ARRESTING THE APPARENT RATE OF CLOSURE PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, RESULTING IN A HARDER THAN NORMAL TOUCHDOWN.  PILOT INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT FOR DAMAGE AND NOTED THE RIGHT SKID WAS SLIGHTLY OUT OF ALIGNMENT AT THE REAR CROSS TUBE. HE NOTIFIED PHI COMMUNICATIONS . ALSO, THE PILOT TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE AIRCRAFT AND FORWARDED THEM TO MAINTENANCE.

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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