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Small aircraft helicopter lands off center on ground cart and when rotor power removed, teeters backwards off cart, tail skid strike and minor damage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 143716 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199004 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : oak |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : n90 |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked landing other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 3600 flight time type : 200 |
| ASRS Report | 143716 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
After landing the helicopter on a service cart, and prior to engine shutdown, the helicopter teetered backwards off the cart, striking the tail skid. Although no major damage occurred, a safety suggestion emerged: all ground handling carts should have markings, visible to the pilot, indicating the machine is centered on the cart (trailer) when the markings are positioned correctly beneath the helicopter.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA HELICOPTER LANDS OFF CENTER ON GND CART AND WHEN ROTOR POWER REMOVED, TEETERS BACKWARDS OFF CART, TAIL SKID STRIKE AND MINOR DAMAGE.
Narrative: AFTER LNDG THE HELI ON A SERVICE CART, AND PRIOR TO ENGINE SHUTDOWN, THE HELI TEETERED BACKWARDS OFF THE CART, STRIKING THE TAIL SKID. ALTHOUGH NO MAJOR DAMAGE OCCURRED, A SAFETY SUGGESTION EMERGED: ALL GND HANDLING CARTS SHOULD HAVE MARKINGS, VISIBLE TO THE PLT, INDICATING THE MACHINE IS CENTERED ON THE CART (TRAILER) WHEN THE MARKINGS ARE POSITIONED CORRECTLY BENEATH THE HELI.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.