# Incident 19960907033529I: Kaman HH43F, Goodyear, AZ, September 7, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1996, 07:30 local time
- Place: Goodyear, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: FXWG
- Location: 33.4353° N, 112.3582° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Goodyear, AZ, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4353&lon=-112.3582&mi=10
- Aircraft: N321WN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N321WN-2012-05-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kaman HH-43F (registry code 4800708, https://openairdocs.org/model/kaman-hh-43f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming T-53 series (registry code 41587, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-t-53-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KAMAN HH43F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 800 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960907033529I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SEPTEMBER 7, 1996, N321WN STRUCK SOME POWER LINES DURING AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION OPERATIONS. THE PILOT STATED THAT "AS HE WAS EXECUTING A HOVERING TURN, HE WAS A LITTLE HIGH WHEN THE ROTOR BLADE TIPS STRUCK THE LINES." THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A COTTON FIELD, WAS REPAIRED, AND FLOWN OUT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N321WN (1)

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

- [Accident 19950109001209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950109001209A), Jan 9, 1995: Kaman HH43F (N321WN), Glendale, AZ, Substantial damage. Rotors struck dead tree branches on last low pass to spray field edges. Damaged rotor blade. Vibration damage.

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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