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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Enstrm F-28C · La Porte City, IA · June 14, 1997

Date: June 14, 1997 · 15:15 local
Place: La Porte City, IA
Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N191J
Reported as: Enstrm F28C
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 22,000 total150 in this make and model130 in the last 90 days

N191JRegistered now · Enstrom F-28CS/N 390 · Built 1977 Airframe modelEnstrom F-28C Engine modelLycoming HIO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Sightseeing flight struck a power line over river. Rotors cut line. Landed on river bank. Poles hid by trees.

As the FAA filed it

SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT STRUCK A POWER LINE OVER RIVER. ROTORS CUT LINE. LANDED ON RIVER BANK. POLES HID BY TREES.

Other reports on N191J · 1

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

Incident 19930805031749IPwr Off Run Land (Autorotation · Fall River, MAPilot while practicing autorotations misjudged altitude. Caused tail rotor to strike runway.Aug 5, 1993 · Minor damage