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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369E · Houston, TX · September 12, 1997

Date: September 12, 1997
Place: Houston, TX
Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8373F
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,447 total1,200 in this make and model85 in the last 90 days

N8373FRegistered now · Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369ES/N 0511E · Built 1993 Airframe modelMcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369E Engine modelAllison 250-C20 seriesTurbo-prop

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Narrative: aircraft was on a law enforcement mission with a pilot and observer onboard. On approach for landing into a lighted parking lot. The aircraft struck three wires causing minor damage to the rotor blades. Houston police department aviation section is conducting an internal investigation. privacy data omitted This report closes this incident.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS ON A LAW ENFORCEMENT MISSION WITH A PILOT AND OBSERVER ONBOARD. ON APPROACH FOR LANDING INTO A LIGHTED PARKING LOT. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THREE WIRES CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ROTOR BLADES. HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AVIATION SECTION IS CONDUCTING AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.