# Incident 19960318021139I: Aerosp SA315B, Farmington, NM, March 18, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1996, 12:30 local time
- Place: Farmington, NM
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Operator: EGIL
- Location: 36.7281° N, 108.2187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Farmington, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7281&lon=-108.2187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3599D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3599D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale SA315B (registry code 8680615, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-sa315b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARTOUSTEIIIB (registry code 60003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-artousteiiib) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP SA315B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960318021139I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: 2ND CLASS MEDICAL 9/25/95. WHILE SLING LOADING TO A SEISMIC SITE ABOUT 50 YARDS AHEAD OF THE HELICOPTER, THE SLING (STEEL LONGLINE) HIT A POWERLINE. THE LINE (LONG) WAS SEVERED (BURNED THROUGH BY POWERLINE.) THE PILOT RELEASED THE REMAINING LONG LINE AND LANDED NEAR BY. NO DAMAGE TO A/C AND NO INJURIES.

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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