# Incident 20120808015769I: Bell 47G-3B-1, Stanton, MI, August 8, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2012, 09:30 local time
- Place: Stanton, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: MMIG
- Location: 43.2932° N, 85.0796° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stanton, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2932&lon=-85.0796&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90543, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N90543) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-3B-1 (registry code 1181028, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-3b-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G-3B-1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 11,303 total, 9,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120808015769I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DIDN'T SEE WIRES ON LAST PASS UNTIL IMMINENT WIRESTRIKE, WIRES BROKE AND PILOT LANDED ACROSS A ROAD IN A WHEAT FIELD. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE BUBBLE, BLADES, SHAFT, FLIGHT CONTROLS, AND ONE SPRAY BOOM.

## Other reports on N90543 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19840923050569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840923050569A), Sep 23, 1984: Bell 47G3B1 (N90543), Savana, IL, Destroyed. Fuel exhaustion. Landed in trees. Failed to check fuel quantity after previous flight.

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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