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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206L-1 · Manchaca, TX · June 26, 1985

Date: June 26, 1985 · 02:03 local
Place: Manchaca, TX
Phase of flight: Hovering
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3899C
Reported as: Bell 206L1
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,332 total40 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N3899CRegistration cancelled Mar 10, 2010 · Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1S/N 45596 · Built 1980 Airframe modelBell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 Engine modelAllison 250 SER 250HPTurbo-shaft

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What happened

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Tail rotor struck unseen bundle of wires while in hover. Damage to tail rotor and main rotor.

As the FAA filed it

TAIL ROTOR STRUCK UNSEEN BUNDLE OF WIRES WHILE IN HOVER. DAMAGE TO TAIL ROTOR AND MAIN ROTOR.

Other reports on N3899C · 1

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

Incident 20071006824389ITo Vertical (Helicopter Only) · Galveston, TXOn October 6, 2007, at 0801 CST, a Bell BT-206-L1, N3899C, registered to air logistics LLC, lost power during take-off from an off-shore production platform in the gulf of Mexico southeast of Galveston, Texas during a part 135 air carrier flight. Visual…Oct 6, 2007 · Minor damage