33.5557° N, 96.0291° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Burnett, TX, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 13, 2012 · 14:30 local
Place
Burnett, TX
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
EVCA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N28AE
Reported as
Bell 206L-3
Reported engine
Allison 250-C30 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
5,120 total5,120 in this make and model42 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
While making a landing on hwy 29 @ n. rhomberg rd. in Burnett, Texas to pick up a patient, helicopter struck a temporary banner wire installed across hwy 29 at the landing zone. Tail rotor blades made contact with wire severing the wire and causing damage to the rotor blades and also causing a dent to the left aft side of tail boom area. Helicopter made a safe landing.
As the FAA filed it
WHILE MAKING A LANDING ON HWY 29 @ N. RHOMBERG RD. IN BURNETT, TEXAS TO PICK UP A PATIENT, HELICOPTER STRUCK A TEMPORARY BANNER WIRE INSTALLED ACROSS HWY 29 AT THE LANDING ZONE. TAIL ROTOR BLADES MADE CONTACT WITH WIRE SEVERING THE WIRE AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE ROTOR BLADES AND ALSO CAUSING A DENT TO THE LEFT AFT SIDE OF TAIL BOOM AREA. HELICOPTER MADE A SAFE LANDING.