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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Schweizer 269C-1 · Polson, MT · July 9, 2016

Date: July 9, 2016 · 14:30 local
Place: Polson, MT
Phase of flight: Other, Specify
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1624B
Reported as: Schweizer 269C-1
Reported engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 31,000 total1,200 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N1624BRegistration cancelled Dec 6, 2016 · Schweizer 269C-1S/N 0204 · Built 2005 Airframe modelSchweizer 269C-1 Engine modelLycoming HIO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Aircraft hovering to dry cherries. Contacted a wire with rotor system. Set the aircraft down immediately due to severe vibrations.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT HOVERING TO DRY CHERRIES. CONTACTED A WIRE WITH ROTOR SYSTEM. SET THE AIRCRAFT DOWN IMMEDIATELY DUE TO SEVERE VIBRATIONS.