ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 287125
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 March 2009 |
| Time: | 12:00 LT |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 |
| Owner/operator: | Registration Pending |
| Registration: | N456PH |
| MSN: | 659M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Midland, Texas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Unknown |
| Midland, TX | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A local rancher contacted the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Flight Standards District Office (FSDO) and said there was a 2-year-old wrecked helicopter on his property, and he wanted permission to dispose of it. Unaware of such an accident, an FAA inspector went to the site and confirmed that an accident had occurred but had never been reported. He said that it appeared the helicopter had either been taking off or landing between two buildings when the main rotor blades struck a post. The uninjured pilot reportedly extricated himself and walked away. An examination of the helicopter revealed severed main rotor blades and a fractured and buckled transmission mast. The tail boom was severed just forward of the tail rotor, and separated at the engine cowling. The pilot's name does not appear in FAA's pilot database.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from a pole.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN09LA201
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 May 2007 | N456PH | N456PH Corporation LLC | 0 | Midland, Martin County, Texas | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 04-Oct-2022 07:30 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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