# Incident 20100614034619I: Hughes 369D, Mt. Pleasant, TN, June 14, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2010, 13:00 local time
- Place: Mt. Pleasant, TN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Operator: HXFL
- Location: 35.5529° N, 87.1777° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Pleasant, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5529&lon=-87.1777&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500DC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N500DC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D (registry code 4470706, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-hughes-369d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20B (registry code 03081, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C20B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 15,890 total, 12,000 in this make and model, 182 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100614034619I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED HE WAS HOVERING FOR THE LINEMAN TO MAKE WIRE SPLICES ON A POWERLINE. HE HAD A SLIGHT QUARTERING TAILWIND. THE POWERLINE HAD AN OSCILLATION AS LINEMAN WAS DISCONNECTING FROM IT, AT THE SAME TIME THE TAILWIND MOVED THE TAIL ROTOR CLOSER TO THE LINE. A TAILROTOR STRIKE OCCURRED.  THE DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED UPON SHUTDOWN.  THE TAIL ROTOR BLADES WERE REPLACED.  THIS WAS LAST OF FOUR SPLICES MADE ON A 90 DEGREE PLUS DAY.  THE LINEMAN AND PILOT WERE FATIGUED.  BNA FSDO INCIDENT CE19100012.

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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