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An small transport helicopter pilot of an emt mission to a street pick up has property damage occur when a store front awning departs breaking a window and a street light.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 373984 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199707 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 100 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 5100 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 373984 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government other |
| Function | other personnel |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
While landing at an unimproved landing zone (a street), rotor wash blew store front awning off store, breaking a street lamp and a window. While descending into landing zone, had nurse and paramedic watch both sides, especially on side with awning. During descent ground crew alerted us to abort landing. I stopped descent, then vertically departed landing zone. Landing zone had been designated by ground personnel. Contributing factors: I relied too much on ground crew's landing zone selection. Excessive desire to complete mission.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN SMT HELI PLT OF AN EMT MISSION TO A STREET PICK UP HAS PROPERTY DAMAGE OCCUR WHEN A STORE FRONT AWNING DEPARTS BREAKING A WINDOW AND A STREET LIGHT.
Narrative: WHILE LNDG AT AN UNIMPROVED LNDG ZONE (A STREET), ROTOR WASH BLEW STORE FRONT AWNING OFF STORE, BREAKING A STREET LAMP AND A WINDOW. WHILE DSNDING INTO LNDG ZONE, HAD NURSE AND PARAMEDIC WATCH BOTH SIDES, ESPECIALLY ON SIDE WITH AWNING. DURING DSCNT GND CREW ALERTED US TO ABORT LNDG. I STOPPED DSCNT, THEN VERTLY DEPARTED LNDG ZONE. LNDG ZONE HAD BEEN DESIGNATED BY GND PERSONNEL. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: I RELIED TOO MUCH ON GND CREW'S LNDG ZONE SELECTION. EXCESSIVE DESIRE TO COMPLETE MISSION.
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.