# Incident 20090521006639I: Robsin R44RAVENII, Orient, WA, May 21, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2009, 09:45 local time
- Place: Orient, WA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: I7HA
- Location: 48.8638° N, 118.2059° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orient, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.8638&lon=-118.2059&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7530F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7530F-2013-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R44 II (registry code 7640122, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBSIN R44RAVENII
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 1,500 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/20090521006639I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE FLYING LOW LEVEL WATERFOUL SURVEY FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE THE PILOT APPROACHED THE BRIDGE ACROSS THE KETTLE RIVER NEAR ORIENT, WASHINGTON, HE NOTICED TWO WIRES CROSSING THE RIVER BUT DID NOT NOTICE A WIRE CLOSER.  UPON SEEING THAT WIRE THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TRIED TO MANUVER THE HELICOPTER SO AS NOT TO HIT THE WIRE.  THE MAIN ROTOR CONTACTED THE WIRE CUTTING IT IN TWO.  VALENTI MANUVERED THE AIRCRAFT TO A SAFE LANDING WHERE HE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT.  HE CONTACTED HIS MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE ROTOR SYSTEM COUND BE CONDUCTED BY THE PILOT FOR THIS TYPE OF ROTOR STRIKE.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FOUND NO DAMAGE TO THE ROTOR OR HELICOPTER AND CONTINUED THE FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N7530F (1)

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

- [Accident 20121026023159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121026023159A), Oct 26, 2012: Robinson Helicopter Company R44 II (N7530F), Toutle, WA, Substantial damage. Private pilot [privacy data omitted] was the sole occupant while conducting external load operations, moving christmas trees on his private property. During a…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.