- Date
- July 2, 2003, 08:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place
- Lansing, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N52LBell 206B3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA-Dupage FSDO
- FAA report
- 20030702023389A
- Case key
- 57437
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Probable cause
The dynamic rollover encountered by the pilot. Factors were the inadequate remedial action by the pilot due to his failure to prevent the rollover, and the inadequate facility with regard to the design of the landing platform.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The helicopter was substantially damaged when it rolled off of a landing platform. The pilot reported that he had landed on the landing platform, but the helicopter was not centered. He stated that he attempted to re-position the helicopter on the platform and that during the re-positioning procedure the right skid shoe "may have become wedged against the raised wooden surface resulting in a suspected dynamic rollover situation." In his written report, the pilot suggested modifications to the mobile landing platform to eliminate the gaps between the wooden planks. The pilot reported no mechanical deficiencies with regard to the helicopter.
Factual narrative
On July 2, 2003, about 0850 central daylight time, a Bell 206B3 helicopter, N52L, piloted by a commercial pilot, was substantially damaged when it rolled off of a landing platform during landing at the Lansing Municipal Airport, Lansing, Illinois. The 14 CFR Part 91 business flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The pilot was not injured. The local flight originated at an undetermined time.
In a written statement, the pilot reported that he landed on the landing platform, but the helicopter was not centered. He stated that he attempted to re-position the helicopter on the platform and that during the re-positioning procedure the right skid shoe "may have become wedged against the raised wooden surface resulting in a suspected dynamic rollover situation."
In his written report, the pilot suggested modifications to the mobile landing platform to eliminate the gaps between the wooden planks.
The pilot reported no mechanical deficiencies with regard to the helicopter.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52L
- Reported as
- Bell 206B3
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 3150
- Airframe hours
- 18,021
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce 250-C20B, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Helicopters, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 16, 2003 · 64 hours before
- Departed
- IGQ · Lansing, IL
- Airport
- IGQ · Lansing Municipal Airport
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- August 12, 2002
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 4,000 in this make and model · 4,900 as pilot in command · 270 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 0 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.94 inHg
- Observed at
- IGQ
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.