29.5061° N, 81.9454° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Orange Springs, FL, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 17, 1986 · 16:15 local
Place
Orange Springs, FL
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N1157W
Reported as
Bell 47G4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
380 in this make and model188 in the last 90 days
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.
After waving at friends on the ground, aircraft struck 2 electric wires.
As the FAA filed it
AFTER WAVING AT FRIENDS ON THE GROUND, AIRCRAFT STRUCK 2 ELECTRIC WIRES.