# Incident 20080606846719I: Bell OH13M74TEXH, Almena, WI, June 6, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2008, 08:00 local time
- Place: Almena, WI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 45.4149° N, 92.0383° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Almena, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4149&lon=-92.0383&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1001N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1001N-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Texas Helicopter M74L (registry code 8930107, https://openairdocs.org/model/texas-helicopter-m74l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-435 series (registry code 41525, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-435-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL OH13M74TEXH
- Reported engine: LYC VO435*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080606846719I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 06/06/2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 08:00, THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMING AERIAL APPLICATION OF FUNGICIDE ON A FIELD NEAR ALMENA, WI.  WHILE CLIMBING OUT AFTER HIS 5TH PASS ON THE FIELD, THE HELICOPTER STRUCK A POWERLINE NEAR THE EAST EDGE OF THE FIELD, BREAKING THE WIND SCREEN OF THE AIRCRAFT AND BREAKING THE POWER WIRE.  A POWER POLE TO THE SOUTH OF WHERE THE WIRE WAS STRUCK WAS ALSO BROKEN OFF.  THE PILOT THEN FLEW THE AIRCRAFT FOR APPROXIMATLELY ANOTHER 400' TO 500' AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N1001N (3)

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

- [Accident 20131206023419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131206023419A), Dec 6, 2013: Texas Helicopter Corp M74L (N1001N), Sebring, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On January 6, 2013, at or about 1630 EST, jon edward whitaker, holder of commercial pilot certificate number 542861953, while acting as pilot in command of a…
- [Incident 20130816015559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130816015559I), Aug 16, 2013: Texas Helicopter Corp M74L (N1001N), Hamburg, MN, Minor damage. While performing aerial application on a field near Hamburg, MN on 08/16/2013, the pilot stated he was operating north to south on a narrow field and struck 2…
- [Accident 19980731019139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980731019139A), Jul 31, 1998: N1001N, Grand Forks, ND, Substantial damage. (-23) On July 31, 1998, at 1930 central daylight time (CDT), a bell 47, N1001N, operated by a commercial pilot, sustained substantial damage during a forced…

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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