# Incident 20100329032219I: Bell 206B, AL, March 29, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2010, 05:30 local time
- Place: AL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N67751, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67751-2019-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C20 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 600 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100329032219I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 15, 2010, INSPECTION PERSONNEL FROM THE ALABAMA/NORTHWEST FLORIDA FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE, SO-09, INVESTIGATED AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT, WHICH OCCURRED ON MARCH 30, 2010 INVOLVING A BELL 206B (TH-67) HELICOPTER, REGISTRATION NUMBER N67751, SERIAL NUMBER 5202, AT A HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION LINE CROSSING OVER THE CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER APPROXIMATELY FOUR MILES SOUTH OF CAIRNS ARMY AIRFIELD (OZR) IN DALEVILLE, ALABAMA. THIS INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THAT THE PILOT WAS JOY RIDING ALONG THE RIVER BED WHICH LEAD TO IMPACT WITH HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION WIRES AND THE SUBSEQUENT FALSIFICATION OF MAINTENANCE RECORDS IN AN ATTEMPT TO COVER UP THAT DAY'S FLIGHT OF N67751.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE PILOT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE PASSENGER. BOTH INDIVIDUALS WERE IDENTIFIED BY THEIR EMPLOYER, ARMY FLEET SUPPORT (AFS), BEFORE INSPECTORS FROM THIS OFFICE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE. BOTH MEN WERE SUSPENDED FROM WORK PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THIS INVESTIGATION. BOTH MEN SUBSEQUENTLY ADMITTED THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE INCIDENT AND RESIGNED THEIR EMPLOYMENT.  AIRCRAFT N67751 HAD AN APPAREO FLIGHT TRACKING DEVICE INSTALLED WHICH VERIFIED THAT N67751 WAS AT THE COORDINATES OF THE DOWNED HIGH VOLTAGE WIRES AT THE EXACT TIME THAT ALABAMA POWER'S COMPUTERS REPORTED THE LOSS OF POWER.  ON APRIL 21, 2010, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ADMITTED THEIR ACTIONS DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH FAA INSPECTOR ROCKIE WIDNER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LATER PROVIDED THE FAA WITH A WRITTEN STATEMENT.

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