# Incident 20130729014999I: Bell 47G-4A, Beaman, IA, July 29, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2013, 09:30 local time
- Place: Beaman, IA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 1VHG
- Location: 42.2204° N, 92.8219° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaman, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2204&lon=-92.8219&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1396X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1396X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-4A (registry code 1181031, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-540 series (registry code 41534, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G-4A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING VO-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130729014999I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRMAN WAS CONDUCTING AGRICULTURAL AERIAL APPLICATION IN A CORNFIELD.  HE HAD CONDUCTED MULTIPLE PASSES IN THIS FIELD.  THE FIELD HAD ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION LINES THAT WERE RUNNING THROUGH THE FIELD.  THE AIRMAN WAS AWARE OF THE WIRES HAD CONDUCTED MULTIPLE UNDER-WIRE CROSSINGS TO CONDUCT HIS APPLICATION.  WHILE PASSING UNDER THE WIRES ONE TAIL ROTOR BLADE STRUCK AND CUT ONE OF THE ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION WIRES.   THE AIRMAN EXECUTED A HOVERING AUTOROTATION AND LANDED IN THE FIELD WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THE AIRMAN REPORTED NO INJURY.    ONE OF THE TAIL ROTOR BLADES WAS DAMAGED AS WELL AS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE TAIL ROTOR GEAR BOX.

## Other reports on N1396X (2)

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

- [Accident 20150724011709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150724011709A), Jul 24, 2015: Bell 47G-4A (N1396X), Gilbert, IA, Substantial damage. After completing aerial application, the pilot climbed up to an altitude of approximately 150 AGL over the corn field. The airman then nosed the aircraft over…
- [Accident 19740120003369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740120003369A), Jan 20, 1974: Bell 47G4A (N1396X), Wapato, WA, Destroyed. Enrt to evac flood victims. Acft observed in controlled descent until hitting pwr lines.

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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