# Accident 20090605009629A: Bell 47G2, San Marcos, TX, June 5, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 2009, 15:15 local time
- Place: San Marcos, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: GKKG
- Location: 29.9336° N, 97.8686° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9336&lon=-97.8686&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8420E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 90 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA339](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA339) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090605009629A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT PERFORMED LANDING APPROACH TO AN AGRICULTURAL FIELD, ATTEMPTING TO CROSS A ROAD UNDER ELECTIRIC POWER LINES AND TELEPHONE LINES.  AS THE HELICOPTER CROSSED THE ROAD, THE PILOT ASCENDED, CATCHING THE TELEPHONE LINE CAUSING THE HELICOPTER TO IMPACT THE GROUND.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN09CA339](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA339), Jun 5, 2009: Bell 47G (N8420E), San Marcos, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from power lines.

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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