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Incident

FAA incident report · Bell 407 · Welch, WV · May 22, 2002

Date: May 22, 2002 · 09:20 local
Place: Welch, WV
Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N98VG
Reported as: Bell 407
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,650 total300 in this make and model65 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) While conducting survey of federally designated disaster relief area, pilot was heading easterly into rising sun and contacted a static wire. The wire was severed by the installed wire cutter. There was no damage to the helicopter or injuries to persons onboard. Aircraft landed without further incident. The submission of this report closes this incident. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE CONDUCTING SURVEY OF FEDERALLY DESIGNATED DISASTER RELIEF AREA, PILOT WAS HEADING EASTERLY INTO RISING SUN AND CONTACTED A STATIC WIRE. THE WIRE WAS SEVERED BY THE INSTALLED WIRE CUTTER. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE HELICOPTER OR INJURIES TO PERSONS ONBOARD. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA^