# Incident 20020924033009I: Doug 600N, Tecate, CA, September 24, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2002, 08:30 local time
- Place: Tecate, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5773° N, 116.6275° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tecate, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5773&lon=-116.6275&mi=10
- Aircraft: N606BP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N606BP-2018-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 600N (registry code 3027377, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-helicopter-600n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C47 series (registry code 03029, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c47-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG 600N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,086 total, 272 in this make and model, 174 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020924033009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIC/BORDER PATROL AGENT JONATHAN CHAD STEVENS WAS PILOTING A BORDER PATROL HELICOPTER, ASSISTING BORDER PATROL AGENTS ON THE GROUND, WHO WERE ATTEMPTING TO FIND AND DETAIN A GROUP OF ILLEGAL ALIENS. WHILE MANEUVERING THE HELICOPTER IN A REMOTE CANYON AREA, APPROXIMATELY 150 FT ABOVE GROUND, STEVENS WAS LOOKING DOWN AT THE CANYON FLOOR WHEN A MAIN ROTOR BLADE STRUCK A WIRE SUSPENDED ABOVE THE CANYON. THE WIRE WAS SEVERED AND THE HELICOPTER MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING NEAR THE SCEND. FOLLOWING AN INSPECTION BY BORDER PATROL MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, A MAIN ROTOR BLADE WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE.

## Other reports on N606BP (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20140427008539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140427008539A), Apr 27, 2014: Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 600N (N606BP), Adelanto, CA, Destroyed. The helicopter exhibited the signs of loss of anti-torque control.
- [Accident 20010221003359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010221003359A), Feb 21, 2001: Doug 600N (N606BP), San Diego, CA, Substantial damage. On February 21, 2001, at approx. 1113 local time, a Mcdonnell Douglas 600N (helicopter), N606BP, operated by us border patrol severed it's tail boom during…

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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