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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bolkms BK117A3 · Cupertino, CA · July 8, 1987

Date
July 8, 1987 · 02:20 local
Place
Cupertino, CA
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
DYRA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N160BK
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX87IA260
Reported as
Bolkms BK117A3
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,500 total197 in this make and model53 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.

A life flight helicopter struck a powerline during landing at a car accident site in a remote area.

As the FAA filed it

A LIFE FLIGHT HELICOPTER STRUCK A POWERLINE DURING LANDING AT A CAR ACCIDENT SITE IN A REMOTE AREA.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.