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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 412EP · Chicago, IL · June 27, 2021

Date
June 27, 2021 · 13:09 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N682FD
Reported as
Bell 412EP
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3D
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
800 total475 in this make and model5 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.

Pilot landed on a platform (dolly). He noted movement in the front of the skids and initiated a go around. During the go around, the rear of a skid hit the platform and caused the helicopter to spin. The pilot put the collective down and rolled off the throttles to stop the spin.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED ON A PLATFORM (DOLLY). HE NOTED MOVEMENT IN THE FRONT OF THE SKIDS AND INITIATED A GO AROUND. DURING THE GO AROUND, THE REAR OF A SKID HIT THE PLATFORM AND CAUSED THE HELICOPTER TO SPIN. THE PILOT PUT THE COLLECTIVE DOWN AND ROLLED OFF THE THROTTLES TO STOP THE SPIN.