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Helicopter pilot discovers during post flight and is informed by observers; that the tail rotor had contacted the perimeter chain during landing severing the chain.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1167307 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201404 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Eurocopter AS 350/355/EC130 - Astar/Twinstar/Ecureuil |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Object |
Narrative:
Landed at the receiving hospital following a scene flight. On walkaround inspection found that the helipad perimeter chain was broken. Ambulance personnel that witnessed the landing stated that the chain had been broken by the helicopter on landing. Upon inspection of the helicopter; found that both of the tail rotor strike indicators had been bent flat and that both of the abrasion strips had impact damage. The lower vertical fin had paint matching the perimeter chain. I had no indications from the cockpit that I had contacted anything on landing. Need to position aircraft forward of the helipad 'H' to ensure adequate tail rotor clearance.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Helicopter pilot discovers during post flight and is informed by observers; that the tail rotor had contacted the perimeter chain during landing severing the chain.
Narrative: Landed at the receiving hospital following a scene flight. On walkaround inspection found that the helipad perimeter chain was broken. Ambulance personnel that witnessed the landing stated that the chain had been broken by the helicopter on landing. Upon inspection of the helicopter; found that both of the tail rotor strike indicators had been bent flat and that both of the abrasion strips had impact damage. The lower vertical fin had paint matching the perimeter chain. I had no indications from the cockpit that I had contacted anything on landing. Need to position aircraft forward of the helipad 'H' to ensure adequate tail rotor clearance.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.