20231130021269I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Von Koschier Angelo HELICYCLE · North Andover, MA · November 30, 2023

Date
November 30, 2023 · 17:30 local
Place
North Andover, MA
Airport
Lawrence Municipal
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N37AK
Reported as
Von Koschier Angelo Helicycle
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,736 total91 in this make and model8 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.

While performing maintenance blade tracking hover check, aircraft drifted to the right causing the rotor blade to strike hangar door. Aircraft skid collapsed on the right side after ground contact causing the aircraft to settle on to its right side. Inspection of the aircraft showed main rotor blade and tail rotor blade damaged as well as engine mount damage and tail pylon structural damaged.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE BLADE TRACKING HOVER CHECK, AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT CAUSING THE ROTOR BLADE TO STRIKE HANGAR DOOR. AIRCRAFT SKID COLLAPSED ON THE RIGHT SIDE AFTER GROUND CONTACT CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SETTLE ON TO ITS RIGHT SIDE. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED MAIN ROTOR BLADE AND TAIL ROTOR BLADE DAMAGED AS WELL AS ENGINE MOUNT DAMAGE AND TAIL PYLON STRUCTURAL DAMAGED.