# Incident 20130816015559I: Texas Helicopter Corp M74L, Hamburg, MN, August 16, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2013, 19:30 local time
- Place: Hamburg, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: CUHG
- Location: 44.7327° N, 93.9585° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hamburg, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7327&lon=-93.9585&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1001N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1001N-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Texas Helicopter M74L (registry code 8930107, https://openairdocs.org/model/texas-helicopter-m74l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-435 series (registry code 41525, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-435-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXAS HELICOPTER CORP M74L
- Reported engine: LYCOMING VO-435 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 791 total, 118 in this make and model, 226 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130816015559I

## Narrative

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

WHILE PERFORMING AERIAL APPLICATION ON A FIELD NEAR HAMBURG, MN ON 08/16/2013, THE PILOT STATED HE WAS OPERATING NORTH TO SOUTH ON A NARROW FIELD AND STRUCK 2 WIRES WITH THE AIRCRAFT AT THE SOUTH END OF THE FIELD.  THE LOWER WIRE HIT THE SPRAY BOOM AND BROKE UPON CONTACTING THE BOOM.  THE UPPER WIRE HIT AND BROKE THE BUBBLE AND THE WIRE BROKE UPON CONTACT WITH THE AFT UPPER FIREWALL ASSEMBLY.  THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY LAND THE AIRCRAFT IN A FIELD JUST WEST OF THE INCIDENT LOCATION.  NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOTED.

## Other reports on N1001N (3)

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

- [Accident 20131206023419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131206023419A), Dec 6, 2013: Texas Helicopter Corp M74L (N1001N), Sebring, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On January 6, 2013, at or about 1630 EST, jon edward whitaker, holder of commercial pilot certificate number 542861953, while acting as pilot in command of a…
- [Incident 20080606846719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080606846719I), Jun 6, 2008: Bell OH13M74TEXH (N1001N), Almena, WI, Minor damage. (-23) On 06/06/2008 at approximately 08:00, the pilot of the aircraft was performing aerial application of fungicide on a field near Almena, WI. While climbing…
- [Accident 19980731019139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980731019139A), Jul 31, 1998: N1001N, Grand Forks, ND, Substantial damage. (-23) On July 31, 1998, at 1930 central daylight time (CDT), a bell 47, N1001N, operated by a commercial pilot, sustained substantial damage during a forced…

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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