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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 · Pelican Rapids, MN · August 30, 2016

Date
August 30, 2016 · 12:45 local
Place
Pelican Rapids, MN
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
6BCG
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N233BB
Reported as
Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1
Reported engine
Allison 250-C28 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
2,682 total1,822 in this make and model225 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.

Pilot was performing an agricultural spraying operation and impacted power lines at the south end of the field. The wire cutter on the aircraft cut the top line and the line hit the temperature probe and cracked the windshield. The bottom wire impacted the lower windshield and it also cracked and was broken. No other damage resulted. The pilot put the aircraft down, inspected it, and then flew it back to home base.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS PERFORMING AN AGRICULTURAL SPRAYING OPERATION AND IMPACTED POWER LINES AT THE SOUTH END OF THE FIELD. THE WIRE CUTTER ON THE AIRCRAFT CUT THE TOP LINE AND THE LINE HIT THE TEMPERATURE PROBE AND CRACKED THE WINDSHIELD. THE BOTTOM WIRE IMPACTED THE LOWER WINDSHIELD AND IT ALSO CRACKED AND WAS BROKEN. NO OTHER DAMAGE RESULTED. THE PILOT PUT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN, INSPECTED IT, AND THEN FLEW IT BACK TO HOME BASE.