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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206B · Bloomfield, OH · June 27, 2005

Date
June 27, 2005 · 13:30 local
Place
Bloomfield, OH
Phase of flight
Hovering
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N500NR
Reported as
Bell 206B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,000 total3,500 in this make and model100 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 hovering at approximately 50 feet the aircraft drifted right, striking a power line with the main rotor blade. Aircraft landed safely. Damage consisted of a broken roof window, left rear side window, and a small dent in the leading edge of one main rotor blade.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE HOVERING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED RIGHT, STRIKING A POWER LINE WITH THE MAIN ROTOR BLADE. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY. DAMAGE CONSISTED OF A BROKEN ROOF WINDOW, LEFT REAR SIDE WINDOW, AND A SMALL DENT IN THE LEADING EDGE OF ONE MAIN ROTOR BLADE.