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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bolkms BK 117 B-1 · Ashland, MO · August 27, 2006

Date
August 27, 2006 · 03:40 local
Place
Ashland, MO
Phase of flight
To Vertical (Helicopter Only)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
A1UA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N10UM
Reported as
Bolkms BK117B1
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,430 total326 in this make and model44 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) N10UM, an air ambulance helicopter had made a night off-airport landing at 0300 am to pick up a patient. On departure, the pilot climbed through 2 unseen electric service wires that were located about 80 feet above the helicopter. The poles to these wires were located about 200 feet apart hidden by other trees and terrain. Incident privacy data omitted is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) N10UM, AN AIR AMBULANCE HELICOPTER HAD MADE A NIGHT OFF-AIRPORT LANDING AT 0300 AM TO PICK UP A PATIENT. ON DEPARTURE, THE PILOT CLIMBED THROUGH 2 UNSEEN ELECTRIC SERVICE WIRES THAT WERE LOCATED ABOUT 80 FEET ABOVE THE HELICOPTER. THE POLES TO THESE WIRES WERE LOCATED ABOUT 200 FEET APART HIDDEN BY OTHER TREES AND TERRAIN. INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.