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A landing helicopter passed within 50 ft above a taxiing PA-32 causing the pilot of the aircraft to have trouble maintaining control in the rotor wash.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1036145 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201209 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-32 Cherokee Six/Lance/Saratoga/6X |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15 Flight Crew Total 800 Flight Crew Type 650 |
Narrative:
I was told to taxi to runway 28 from ramp. A helicopter was inbound and hovered over the taxiway. The helicopter went over me at about 50 ft; at which time I thought I was going airborne with rotor wash from the helicopter. I had to be aggressive with the controls to keep my plane from being lifted and moved. I think the helicopter should not fly over taxiways and they should be made to fly an offset approach over the runway. The controller should have been more alert on this matter.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A landing helicopter passed within 50 FT above a taxiing PA-32 causing the pilot of the aircraft to have trouble maintaining control in the rotor wash.
Narrative: I was told to taxi to Runway 28 from ramp. A helicopter was inbound and hovered over the taxiway. The helicopter went over me at about 50 FT; at which time I thought I was going airborne with rotor wash from the helicopter. I had to be aggressive with the controls to keep my plane from being lifted and moved. I think the helicopter should not fly over taxiways and they should be made to fly an offset approach over the runway. The Controller should have been more alert on this matter.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.