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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell HH-1H · Reno, NV · April 2, 2008

Date: April 2, 2008 · 16:30 local
Place: Reno, NV
Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N911NV
Reported as: Bell HH1H
People aboard: 6
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 15,454 total1,935 in this make and model55 in the last 90 days

N911NVRegistered now · Bell HH-1HS/N 70-2457 Airframe modelBell HH-1H

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The main rotor tip contacted the top of a ravine causing damage to the rotor blade.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE MAIN ROTOR TIP CONTACTED THE TOP OF A RAVINE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE ROTOR BLADE.

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