# Incident 20050902021039I: Bell OH58A, London, KY, September 2, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2005, 12:15 local time
- Place: London, KY
- Airport: London-Corbin Airport-Macgee
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1184° N, 84.0779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of London, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1184&lon=-84.0779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10LC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10LC-2017-04-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell OH-58A (registry code 1181579, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-oh-58a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL OH58A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 680 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050902021039I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ OF THE LAUREL COUNTY, KY SHERIFF DEPT. HAD LANDED AT A REMOTE LOCATION DURING A MARIJUANA DETAIL. FOLLOWING A TAKE-OFF FROM THIS LOCATION HE MADE A TURN TO FLY INTO A VALLEY. HE SAW POWER LINES ACROSS THE VALLEY AHEAD OF HIM. THE LINES WERE DROOPING. AS THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ FLEW OVER THE POWER LINES THE HELICOPTER STRUCK A STATIC WIRE THAT WAS DRAWN TAUT ABOVE THE DROOPING POWER LINES. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ HAD NOT SEEN THE STATIC WIRE, WHICH IS SILVER IN COLOR AND BLENDED IN WITH THE SKY. THE COLLISION WITH THE STATIC WIRE BROKE THE HELICOPTER'S WINDSHIELD. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ MADE A SUCCESSFUL LANDING ON HIGHWAY 25. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

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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