# Incident 20160830015479I: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1, Pelican Rapids, MN, August 30, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2016, 12:45 local time
- Place: Pelican Rapids, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 6BCG
- Location: 46.5703° N, 96.0859° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pelican Rapids, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5703&lon=-96.0859&mi=10
- Aircraft: N233BB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N233BB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (registry code 1182107, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C28 series (registry code 03022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c28-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON 206L-1
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C28 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,682 total, 1,822 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160830015479I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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