# Incident 19960219005099I: Bolkms BO105CBS, Surprise, AZ, February 19, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 1996, 22:00 local time
- Place: Surprise, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Location: 33.6306° N, 112.3332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Surprise, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6306&lon=-112.3332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N131AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N131AE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm BO-105S (registry code 5626006, https://openairdocs.org/model/messerschmitt-boelkow-blohm-bo-105s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOLKMS BO105CBS
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,400 total, 50 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960219005099I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON FEB. 19, 1996, PIC JAMES WILDER DEPARTED FALCON FIELD FF2, IN N131AE A BO 105 HELICOPTER, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AND PICK UP AN ACCIDENT VICTIM, HE STRUCK A WIRE WITH HIS TAIL ROTOR CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. BEFORE HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND THE POLICE OFFICER ON THE GROUND ADVISED THERE WERE NO WIRES. THIS REPORT DOES NOT INVOLVE AN NMAC REPORT. FAA FORM 8020-11 NOT RECEIVED FROM AIR TRAFFIC. THIS DOES NOT INVOLVE A PILOT DEVIATION REPORT BY AIR TRAFFIC. THIS REPORT CLOSED.

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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