20200401002979I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · MD MD-369D · Lihue, HI · April 1, 2020

Date
April 1, 2020 · 13:15 local
Place
Lihue, HI
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
3M3A
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N719KV
Reported as
MD MD-369D
Reported engine
Rolls-Royce 250-C20B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,892 total

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.

Helicopter landed on a helicopter pad, engine was shut-off and blades slightly rotating when a gust wing came and one blade hit the tail boom. Pilot stopped the rotation of rotor by hand to prevent the other blades hitting the tail boom.

As the FAA filed it

HELICOPTER LANDED ON A HELICOPTER PAD, ENGINE WAS SHUT-OFF AND BLADES SLIGHTLY ROTATING WHEN A GUST WING CAME AND ONE BLADE HIT THE TAIL BOOM. PILOT STOPPED THE ROTATION OF ROTOR BY HAND TO PREVENT THE OTHER BLADES HITTING THE TAIL BOOM.