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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Sikorsky S-76C · Palm Beach, FL · August 25, 2020

Date: August 25, 2020 · 13:25 local
Place: Palm Beach, FL
Airport: Palm Beach International Airpo
Phase of flight: Taxi
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: HC7A
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N276TH
Reported as: Sikorsky S-76C
Reported engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1SER
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,891 total1,407 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

N276THRegistered now · Sikorsky S-76CS/N 760494 · Built 1999 Airframe modelSikorsky S-76C Engine modelTurbomeca ARRIEL-1SERTurbo-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.

Part 135 certificate privacy data omitted operating, Sikorsky S-76C, N276TH was performing maintenance flight while taxing back to rank the right main landing gear collapsed back into the right main landing gear wheel well. Only flight crew on board reported no injures, helicopter has some damage to right landing gear door and wheel well, helicopter belly,

And right section airframe section between cockpit and cabin section.

As the FAA filed it

PART 135 CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OPERATING, SIKORSKY S-76C, N276TH WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE FLIGHT WHILE TAXING BACK TO RANK THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED BACK INTO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL WELL. ONLY FLIGHT CREW ON BOARD REPORTED NO INJURES, HELICOPTER HAS SOME DAMAGE TO RIGHT LANDING GEAR DOOR AND WHEEL WELL, HELICOPTER BELLY,

AND RIGHT SECTION AIRFRAME SECTION BETWEEN COCKPIT AND CABIN SECTION.