# Incident 20001007031829I: Bell 206L1, Mesa, AZ, October 7, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 2000, 19:45 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: RMXA
- Location: 33.4223° N, 111.8226° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mesa, AZ, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4223&lon=-111.8226&mi=10
- Aircraft: N224LF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C30P
- Pilot flight hours: 5,220 total, 846 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001007031829I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING ON A CITY STREET TO TRANSPORT AN ACCIDENT VICTIM WHILE MANUEVERING THE AIRCRAFT AT A HOVER THE ROTOR BLADE STRUCK A SPEED LIMIT SIGN.  THE SIGN WAS LOCATED WHERE IT WAS HARD FOR THE PILOT SEE.  THE MEDICAL PERSON ON BOARD THAT ACTS AS OBSERVER DID NOT SEE THE SIGN OR TELL THE PILOT.

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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