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Accident · No damage

FAA accident report · Bell 206B · Salinas, CA · August 30, 2000

Date: August 30, 2000 · 06:15 local
Place: Salinas, CA
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N207EH
NTSB investigation: NTSBLAX00LA326
Reported as: Bell 206B

N207EHRegistered now · Bell 206L-3S/N 51554 · Built 1992 Airframe modelBell 206L-3 Engine modelRolls-Royce 250-C30PTurbo-shaft

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What happened

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(-23) Pilot flew thru three strands of electrical wire. The time was just becoming daylight. One push/pull tube to the main rotor was severed. A landing without further damage was made two hundred feet to the east of the wire strike.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT FLEW THRU THREE STRANDS OF ELECTRICAL WIRE. THE TIME WAS JUST BECOMING DAYLIGHT. ONE PUSH/PULL TUBE TO THE MAIN ROTOR WAS SEVERED. A LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER DAMAGE WAS MADE TWO HUNDRED FEET TO THE EAST OF THE WIRE STRIKE.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB LAX00LA326Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSalinas, CAThe pilot's inadequate visual surveillance of the worksite to see and avoid power transmission wires.Aug 30, 2000 · Substantial damage