# Incident 20160112000169I: Aerospatiale AS355F2 ECUREUIL, Baudette, MN, January 12, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 2016, 16:30 local time
- Place: Baudette, MN
- Airport: Baudette International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.7302° N, 94.6111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BAUDETTE INTL (BDE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7302&lon=-94.6111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N355HL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AEROSPATIALE AS355F2 ECUREUIL
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C20 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 16,059 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 121 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160112000169I

## Narrative

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

WHILE CONDUCTING A FLIGHT FOR FILMING OF A TV COMMERCIAL ON A CLOSED SET ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES CONTACTED A SIGN ON THE PROPERTY.  PILOT NOTED A VIBRATION AND WAS ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY LAND AIRCRAFT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO ALL OF THE ROTOR BLADES.

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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