What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Tail rotor hit wire barrier hover landing on helipad.
As the FAA filed it
TAIL ROTOR HIT WIRE BARRIER HOVER LANDING ON HELIPAD.
FAA incident report · Bell 206B · Gulf Of Mexico, TX · August 5, 1994
- Date
- August 5, 1994 · 08:00 local
- Place
- Gulf Of Mexico, TX
- Phase of flight
- Hovering
- Operating rules
- Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator
- HXCA
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N5003L
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Reported engine
- Allison 250C20B
- People aboard
- 1
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 12,250 total6,500 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days
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