# Incident 20040715015769I: Bell 206L3, Priest Lake, ID, July 15, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2004, 15:30 local time
- Place: Priest Lake, ID
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N101NP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N101NP-2006-07-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206L-3 (registry code 1182108, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206l-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C30 series (registry code 03015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c30-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 999 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040715015769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N101NP, A BELL 206 LONG RANGER HELICOPTER PILOTED BY MR. EARL WATTERSRECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE ON JULY 15, 2004. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED BY RIVER CITY HELICOPTERS OF POST FALLS, IDAHO ON A PUBLIC USE CONTRACT WITH THE IDAHO STATE DEPARTMENT OF LANDS. UPON LANDING AT AN OVER GROWN HELICOPTER LANDING SITE LOCATED NORTH EAST OF PRIEST LAKE, IDAHO THE MAIN ROTOR CONTACTED A PINE TREE. THE AIRCRAFT ROTORBLADE RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND WAS REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. AN FAA OPERATIONS INSPECTOR COUNSELED MR. WATTERS REGARDING THIS 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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