# Incident 20100911051662I: Bell AH-1F, Winston Salem, NC, September 11, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2010, 15:30 local time
- Place: Winston Salem, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: N/A
- Location: 36.0999° N, 80.2442° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winston-Salem, NC, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0999&lon=-80.2442&mi=10
- Aircraft: N998HF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N998HF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell AH-1F (registry code 1181906, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-ah-1f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL AH-1F
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 15,280 total, 6,200 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100911051662I

## Narrative

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

AT AN UNDETERMINED TIME AND PHASE OF FLIGHT, TWO HELICOPTERS, IN A FORMATION FLIGHT OF FOUR COBRAS, TOUCHED ROTOR BLADE TIPS IN FLIGHT WHILE CONDUCTING AN AIR SHOW EXHIBITION.  THE DAMAGE ON THE ROTOR TIPS OF THE TWO HELICOPTERS INVOLVED CAUSED VIBRATIONS THAT PROMPTED THE PILOTS TO LAND AND END THE EXHIBITION.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N233LE, Bell AH-1F: [Incident 20100911051941I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100911051941I)

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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