# Incident 20010831026689I: Bell 206B, Vandelia, MI, August 31, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2001, 14:40 local time
- Place: Vandelia, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N616TV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010831026689I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A TELEVISION NEWSCAST, THE HELICOPTER WAS HOVERING OVER AN AREA WHERE A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION WAS BEING CONDUCTED. A MAN STARTED SHOOTING AT THE HELICOPTER AND HIT THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. THIS WAS THE ONLY DAMAGE NOTICED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. FBI INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION.

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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