What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Individual was conducting cherry drying (hover oge) when wind gust pushed him towards a power line. Pilot pulled pitch to clear line. RPM bled off. After clearing powerline pilot lowered collective to regain RPM. He did not immediately see second set of power lines. Passenger/observer saw powerline and called it out. Pilot again quickly pulled collective and applied power. The aircraft cleared the second set of powerlines but RPM bled off too much to recover when collective lowered. Aircraft then settled into cherry tree grove landing upright. Main rotor blades contacted trees and were damaged. No apparent damage to fuselage or tail rotor.
As the FAA filed it
INDIVIDUAL WAS CONDUCTING CHERRY DRYING (HOVER OGE) WHEN WIND GUST PUSHED HIM TOWARDS A POWER LINE. PILOT PULLED PITCH TO CLEAR LINE. RPM BLED OFF. AFTER CLEARING POWERLINE PILOT LOWERED COLLECTIVE TO REGAIN RPM. HE DID NOT IMMEDIATELY SEE SECOND SET OF POWER LINES. PASSENGER/OBSERVER SAW POWERLINE AND CALLED IT OUT. PILOT AGAIN QUICKLY PULLED COLLECTIVE AND APPLIED POWER. THE AIRCRAFT CLEARED THE SECOND SET OF POWERLINES BUT RPM BLED OFF TOO MUCH TO RECOVER WHEN COLLECTIVE LOWERED. AIRCRAFT THEN SETTLED INTO CHERRY TREE GROVE LANDING UPRIGHT. MAIN ROTOR BLADES CONTACTED TREES AND WERE DAMAGED. NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO FUSELAGE OR TAIL ROTOR.
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