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A third helicopter landed between helicopters on a 2 helicopter pad. The landing helicopter had an estimated 2-3 ft clearance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 426027 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199901 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 15 flight time total : 4550 flight time type : 30 |
| ASRS Report | 426027 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 2 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
While parked on a helipad, a third helicopter Z landed between my aircraft and another helicopter already on the pad. This is only a 2 helicopter pad and gave only 15 ft between my aircraft and Z aircraft and only 2-3 ft from Z aircraft and the already parked aircraft. I find it hard to believe, let alone safe, that anyone would allow only a 2-3 ft clearance from any object.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A THIRD HELI LANDED BTWN HELIS ON A 2 HELI PAD. THE LNDG HELI HAD AN ESTIMATED 2-3 FT CLRNC.
Narrative: WHILE PARKED ON A HELIPAD, A THIRD HELI Z LANDED BTWN MY ACFT AND ANOTHER HELI ALREADY ON THE PAD. THIS IS ONLY A 2 HELI PAD AND GAVE ONLY 15 FT BTWN MY ACFT AND Z ACFT AND ONLY 2-3 FT FROM Z ACFT AND THE ALREADY PARKED ACFT. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE, LET ALONE SAFE, THAT ANYONE WOULD ALLOW ONLY A 2-3 FT CLRNC FROM ANY OBJECT.
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.