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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Enstrm 280C · Draper, UT · October 5, 1981

Date: October 5, 1981 · 12:30 local
Place: Draper, UT
Phase of flight: Power On Descent (Rotorcraft)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N51735
Reported as: Enstrm 280C
Reported engine: Lycoming HIO360E1AD
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,100 total1,600 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N51735Registered now · Enstrom Helicopter 280CS/N 1139 · Built 1978 Airframe modelEnstrom Helicopter 280C Engine modelLycoming HI0-360 seriesTurbo-shaft

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What happened

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Helicopter struck power lines on approach to touchdown. Electrical burns to the tail boom. Minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

HELICOPTER STRUCK POWER LINES ON APPROACH TO TOUCHDOWN.ELECTRICAL BURNS TO THE TAIL BOOM. MINOR DAMAGE.

Other reports on N51735 · 1

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

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