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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Enstrm F-28C · Bliss, ID · March 30, 1978

Date: March 30, 1978 · 14:15 local
Place: Bliss, ID
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N542H
Reported as: Enstrm F28C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 800 total70 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N542HRegistered now · Enstrom F-28CS/N 343 · Built 1976 Airframe modelEnstrom F-28C Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Helicopter flying low to avoid turbulance. Struck & severed a wire. The bubble was damaged.

As the FAA filed it

HELICOPTER FLYING LOW TO AVOID TURBULANCE. STRUCK & SEVERED A WIRE. THE BUBBLE WAS DAMAGED.