# Incident 19960325009669I: Bell 222U, Springtown, TX, March 25, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1996, 16:30 local time
- Place: Springtown, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: NXTA
- Location: 32.9693° N, 97.6804° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springtown, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9693&lon=-97.6804&mi=10
- Aircraft: N141CF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N141CF-2000-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 222UT (registry code 1182148, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-222ut) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 222U
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,415 total, 959 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960325009669I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE AIRCRAFT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON THE HIGHWAY FOR AIR AMBULANCE OPERATIONS. DURING HOVER, THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES STRUCK AN ELECTRICAL POWER LINE. THE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES.

## Other reports on N141CF (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19920214015799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920214015799I), Feb 14, 1992: Bell 222U (N141CF), Fort Worth, TX, Minor damage. Pilot struck an outer perimeter landing light with his tailrotor blade while making an approach to a helipad.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.