What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23)privacy data omitted of era aviation, inc., was piloting rotorcraft, N194EH, performing powerline surveillance on March 21, 2001. The rotorcraft was in slow cruise flight with two power line employees on board and flying along the powerline just outside Valdez, Alaska. The powerline was on the left side of the rotorcraft and trees on the right side. The flight followed the terrain in this area which requires assending and desending the hill slopes. The pilot did not notice striking any trees or other obsticules during this flight but open return to Valdez era's maintenance person, mechanic privacy data omitted, found two rotor blade tip-caps deformed indicating blade strikes had occurred.
As the FAA filed it
(-23)^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF ERA AVIATION, INC., WAS PILOTING ROTORCRAFT, N194EH, PERFORMING POWERLINE SURVEILLANCE ON MARCH 21, 2001. THE ROTORCRAFT WAS IN SLOW CRUISE FLIGHT WITH TWO POWER LINE EMPLOYEES ON BOARD AND FLYING ALONG THE POWERLINE JUST OUTSIDE VALDEZ, ALASKA. THE POWERLINE WAS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROTORCRAFT AND TREES ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THE FLIGHT FOLLOWED THE TERRAIN IN THIS AREA WHICH REQUIRES ASSENDING AND DESENDING THE HILL SLOPES. THE PILOT DID NOT NOTICE STRIKING ANY TREES OR OTHER OBSTICULES DURING THIS FLIGHT BUT OPEN RETURN TO VALDEZ ERA'S MAINTENANCE PERSON, MECHANIC ^PRIVACY DATA O^, FOUND TWO ROTOR BLADE TIP-CAPS DEFORMED INDICATING BLADE STRIKES HAD OCCURRED.
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