19961029037929I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206L-1 · Bridgeport, OH · October 29, 1996

Date: October 29, 1996 · 16:15 local
Place: Bridgeport, OH
Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3907M
Reported as: Bell 206L1
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,500 total80 in the last 90 days

N3907MRegistration cancelled Apr 3, 2002 · Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1S/N 45637 · Built 1981 Airframe modelBell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 Engine modelAllison 250-C28 seriesTurbo-shaft

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: Mr. Frank x. o'toole, pilot-in-command of N3907M, a Bell 206-L1 rotorcraft, departed latobe, pa enroute to dayton, OH. During cruise flight, the aircraft struck a high tension power line in west Virginia. The aircraft made a normal landing near Bridgeport, OH. On site inspection revealed that the vertical stabilizer was missing. Complete tail boom replaced at site, and aircraft returned to service. Allegheny FSDO EA03 assisted in this incident privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: MR. FRANK X. O'TOOLE, PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF N3907M, A BELL 206-L1 ROTORCRAFT, DEPARTED LATOBE, PA ENROUTE TO DAYTON, OH. DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A HIGH TENSION POWER LINE IN WEST VIRGINIA. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A NORMAL LANDING NEAR BRIDGEPORT, OH. ON SITE INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE VERTICAL STABILIZER WAS MISSING. COMPLETE TAIL BOOM REPLACED AT SITE, AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. ALLEGHENY FSDO EA03 ASSISTED IN THIS INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^