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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206B · Santa Paula, CA · July 12, 2006

Date
July 12, 2006 · 11:09 local
Place
Santa Paula, CA
Airport
Santa Paula Airport
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
RONG
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7028J
Reported as
Bell 206B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
26,328 total8,000 in this make and model300 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) Pilot was performing aerial application at location. During routine sweep, aircraft contacted power supply lines to property. Power lines were severed and there was substantial damage to power pole and transformer. Aircraft landed at service landing zone. Pilot and ground crew removed damaged equipment and flew aircraft to oxr maintenance base. As a result of the live power lines contact with underbrush, a small fire ignited. Ventura county fire department responded to scene.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS PERFORMING AERIAL APPLICATION AT LOCATION. DURING ROUTINE SWEEP, AIRCRAFT CONTACTED POWER SUPPLY LINES TO PROPERTY. POWER LINES WERE SEVERED AND THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO POWER POLE AND TRANSFORMER. AIRCRAFT LANDED AT SERVICE LANDING ZONE. PILOT AND GROUND CREW REMOVED DAMAGED EQUIPMENT AND FLEW AIRCRAFT TO OXR MAINTENANCE BASE. AS A RESULT OF THE LIVE POWER LINES CONTACT WITH UNDERBRUSH, A SMALL FIRE IGNITED. VENTURA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO SCENE.

Other reports on N7028J · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.