# Accident 20220630011529A: Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm BO-105S, Port Orange, FL, June 30, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2022, 06:00 local time
- Place: Port Orange, FL
- Airport: Spruce Creek Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0800° N, 81.0458° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0800&lon=-81.0458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N160TH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N160TH-2023-04-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm BO-105S (registry code 5626006, https://openairdocs.org/model/messerschmitt-boelkow-blohm-bo-105s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20B (registry code 03081, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MESSERSCHMITT-BOELKOW-BLOHM BO-105S
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C20B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,532 total, 64 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA342](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA342) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220630011529A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 30 2022 AROUND 0642, N160TH HELICOPTER STARTED TO LIFT OFF HELIPAD DOLLY ONCE WEIGHT WAS REMOVE FROM THE SKIDS THE HELICOPTER STARTED AN UNCOMMAND RIGHT PEDAL TURN AT SAME TIME PILOT REPORTED FEELING AND HEARING POPPING NOISE. PILOT LOWER THE COLLATIVE HELICOPTER CAME TO REST HALF ON AND OFF THE HELIPAD DOLLY 180 DEGREES FROM STARTING POSITION. PILOT THEN RAISED HELICOPTER TO REMOVE IT OFF THE HELIPAD DOLLY PERFORMING A LEFT HAND PEDAL TURN ONCE CLEAR OF THE DOLLY THE PILOT ABRUPTLY LOWERED HELICOPTER TO THE GROUND. NO INJURIES REPORTED. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE OCCURRED IN THIS INCIDENT.  DURING THE AIRCRAFT INSPECTION A PERFORMED TAIL ROTOR FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY CHECK. PORTIONS OF THE TAIL ROTOR FLIGHT CONTROLS WHERE DAMAGED FROM THE RIGHT-REAR SKID CROSSOVER TUBE BEING PUSH UP TOWARD AFT VERTICAL PIVOT. PUSH PULL RODS DISCONNECTED AT THAT POINT, FLIGHT CONTROL MOVED FREELY FORWARD TO TAIL ROTOR PEDALS NO DEFECTS NOTED FORWARD SIDE OF THE FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM. DISCONNECTED AFT PORTION OF THE TAIL ROTOR FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM FROM THE AFT VERTICAL PIVOT FLIGHT CONTROLS MOVED FREELY TO THE TAIL ROTOR BLADES. THE CONFIGURATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME INCIDENT WAS NEAR MAX GROSS WEIGHT AND APPEARS THE NOT ENOUGH CONTROL INPUT WAS INTRODUCED TO OVERCOME TORQUE OF THE ROTOR SYSTEM WHICH CAUSES THE AIRCRAFT TO SPIN RIGHT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA22LA342](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA342), Jun 30, 2022: Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm BO_105S (N160TH), Daytona Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s rapid reduction of collective following an in-flight loss of control while lifting from a dolly resulting in a hard landing. Contributing to the loss of control was the pilot’s likely…

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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