# Incident 19870511023459I: Aerosp AS355F1, Houma, LA, May 11, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1987, 07:45 local time
- Place: Houma, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Prw On Run Landing (Rotorcraft
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Location: 29.5786° N, 90.7079° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houma, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5786&lon=-90.7079&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5796S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5796S-1997-03-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale AS 355F1 (registry code 8680810, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-as-355f1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP AS355F1
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,722 total, 394 in this make and model, 99 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870511023459I

## Narrative

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

MAIN ROTOR BLADE STRUCK A WIRE NEAR HOVER TERMINATION.  PILOT REPOSITIONED AIRCRAFT AFTER INSPECTING DAMAGE.

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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