# Incident 20040315010879I: Bell 206B, Venice, LA, March 15, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2004, 06:15 local time
- Place: Venice, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: TXEA
- Location: 29.2931° N, 89.3689° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Venice, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2931&lon=-89.3689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90280 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 845 total, 110 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/20040315010879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS PERFORMED AFTER ENCOUNTERING REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO FOG. OBSCURATION OF THE WINDSCREEN COMPOUNDED BY THE IMPROPER USE OF THE DEFOGGING SYSTEM WHILE ON THE APPROACH TO LANDING PHASE OF OPERATIONS CAUSED THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES TO STRIKE THE TOP OF TREES LOCATED NEAR THE LANDING ZONE. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE UNDERSIDE OF THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. AIRMAN WAS COUNSELED.

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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