# Incident 19951127042919I: Kawski KV1072, Glenbrook, NM, November 27, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 1995, 12:40 local time
- Place: Glenbrook, NM
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Operator: CHIL
- Aircraft: N185CH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KAWSKI KV1072
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951127042919I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT, DAVID EDWARD SHIPLEY, PILOT IN COMMAND, STATED THAT WHILE PERFORMING AN EXTERNAL LOAD LIFT OF CUT LOGS ON 11/27/95, AT APPROXIMATELY 1240 P.M., FOR COLUMBIA HELICOPTERS, FAR PART 133, OPERATING CERTIFICATE NO. CHIL823C, IN KAWASAKI VERTOL, KV-107-11, N185CH, THE FOLLOWING OCCURRED: MR. SHIPLEY STATED THAT HE NOTICED A DUST CLOUD UNDER HIS HELICOPTER, AND THAT HE OBSERVED A PIECE OF LOG ROLLING DOWN A HILLSIDE. MR. SHIPLEY STATED THAT THE SIZE OF THE LOG WAS APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET LONG BY APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN INCHES IN DIAMETER. MR. SHIPLEY STATED THAT THE ROLLING LOG STRUCK AN AUTOMOBILE TRAVELING ON US HIGHWAY 50, APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE EAST OF GLENBROOK, NV. MR. SHIPLEY STATED THAT UPON OBSERVING THIS, HE CEASED EXTERNAL LOAD OPERATIONS, AND RETURNED TO HIS HELICOPTER STAGING AREA. MR. SHIPLEY STATED THAT AT NO TIME DID THE HELICOPTER FLY OVER HIGHWAY 50 WHILE CONDUCTING EXTERNAL LOAD OPERATIONS. THE REPORTING INSPECTOR INTERVIEWED THE CO-PILOT. THE CO-PILOT, MARK HAROLD EHLE, STATED THAT HE WAS MONITORING INSTRUMENTS, AND THAT HE DID NOT OBSERVE THIS INCIDENT. THE REPORTING INSPECTOR ADDITIONALLY INTERVIEWED TROOPER MIKE DEL SOLDATO, NEVADA HIGHWAY PATROL. TROOPER DEL SOLDATO STATED THAT HE RECEIVED THE ACCOUNT OF THIS INCIDENT. HE STATED THAT HE WAS TOLD THAT A ROTTED PIECE OF LOG FELL FROM THE EXTERNAL LOAD, DOWN THE HILLSIDE, AND INTO AN AUTOMOBILE TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON HIGHWAY 50. TROOPER DEL SOLDATO STATED THAT THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANT OF THE AUTOMOBILE. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED. THIS INCIDENT DOES NOT INVOLVE A PILOT DEVIATION, FORM 8020-17.

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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