# Incident 19810420025629I: Bell 222, Kalaupapa, HI, April 20, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1981, 07:55 local time
- Place: Kalaupapa, HI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 21.1895° N, 156.9818° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kalaupapa, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.1895&lon=-156.9818&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2772H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2772H-2018-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 222 (registry code 1182122, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 222
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total, 207 in this make and model, 88 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810420025629I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ROTORCRAFT COLLIDED WITH WIRES ENROUTE. SEVERED WIRES. MINOR DAMAGE TO CRAFT.

## Other reports on N2772H (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19830218012879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830218012879I), Feb 18, 1983: Bell 222 (N2772H), New York, NY, Minor damage. A wall-mounted styrofoam life preserver was drawn into main rotors during heliport landing.
- [Accident 19820922048529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820922048529A), Sep 22, 1982: Bell 222 (N2772H), New York, NY, Minor damage, 1 fatal. Passenger departed helicopter, walked to rear into tail rotor.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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