# Accident 20100710037659A: Bell OH-58A+, Roswell, NM, July 10, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2010, 06:30 local time
- Place: Roswell, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.6578° N, 104.3117° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6578&lon=-104.3117&mi=10
- Aircraft: N415NS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N415NS-2019-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell OH-58A (registry code 1181579, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-oh-58a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL OH-58A+
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,362 total, 841 in this make and model, 158 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA395](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA395) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100710037659A

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 06:30 ON JULY 10, 2010, N415NS STRUCK A POWER LINE WHILE SPRAYING.  THE PILOT WAS FLYING EASTBOUND WHEN HE LOST TRACK OF HIS POSITION IN THE FIELD DUE TO THE SUN IN HIS FACE AND STRUCK A POWER LINE.  THE PILOT MADE A SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCY LANDING ON A NEARBY SMALL ROAD.  NO INJURIES.  DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF BOTH MAIN ROTOR PITCH CHANGE LINKS BEING BENT (ONE BROKEN) AND ONE ARM BROKEN ON THE S/PLATE.  OBVIOULY, THE M/R P/C LINKS AND THE S/PLATE ARM BROKE AFTER HE LANDED.

## 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 CEN10CA395](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA395), Jul 10, 2010: Bell OH-58A (N415NS), Roswell, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from transmission wires.

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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