# Incident 20040807019029I: Enstrm F28F, Parma, ID, August 7, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2004, 11:36 local time
- Place: Parma, ID
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7856° N, 116.9430° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Parma, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7856&lon=-116.9430&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1952Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1952Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom F-28F (registry code 3300412, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-f-28f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTRM F28F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,100 total, 1,900 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040807019029I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APPROACH TO POLLINATE A CORN FIELD, WILLIAM BUTLER, PILOT OF N1952Z, STRUCK AND SHEARED A POWER LINE. THE HELICOPTER SAFELY LANDED AND INCURRED ONLY MINOR WIRE STRIKE DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGES OF TWO ROTOR BLADES. AFTER DISCUSSING THE BLADE DAMAGE WITH THE AIRCRAFT'S MANUFACTURER, THE FACTORY APPROVED MECHANIC, THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD REPRESENTATIVE, AND MEASURING THE STRIKE MARKS' DEPTH, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THIS EVENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A HELICOPTER ACCIDENT. INCIDENT CLOSED OUT WITHOUT FURTHER ACTION, AND PILOT ADVISED NOT TO FLY INTO POWER LINES AGAIN. A 709 RE-EXAM WOULD NOT BE EFFECTIVE IN THIS SITUATION.

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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