# Incident 20020203021749I: Bell 407, Sabinepass, TX, February 3, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 2002, 08:05 local time
- Place: Sabinepass, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ALGA
- Location: 29.7336° N, 93.8943° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sabine Pass, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7336&lon=-93.8943&mi=10
- Aircraft: N607AL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 407
- Pilot flight hours: 5,277 total, 305 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020203021749I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS REPOSITIONING THE HELICOPTER ON THE OFFSHORE HELIDECK, ALAMINOS CANYON-25 (AC-25), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 140 NM SOUTH OF SABINE PASS, TX, WHEN THE MAIN ROTOR MADE CONTACT WITH A STATIONARY HANDRAIL. THE HELICOPTER WAS SHUT DOWN WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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