# Incident 20170807016959I: Robinson Helicopter Company R44 II, Dubuque, IA, August 7, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2017, 17:30 local time
- Place: Dubuque, IA
- Airport: Dubuque Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 3OLG
- Location: 42.4020° N, 90.7095° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUBUQUE RGNL (DBQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4020&lon=-90.7095&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64PE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64PE-2020-01-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R44 II (registry code 7640122, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-AE1A5 (registry code 41899, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-ae1a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY R44 II
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-AE1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 1,350 in this make and model, 400 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170807016959I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS CONDUCTING AGRICULTURAL DISPENSING OPERATIONS AND STRUCK A WIRE IN MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.  POWER LINES WERE RUNNING DOWN MIDDLE OF THE FIELD PILOT WAS DISPENSING CHEMICALS IN.  PILOT STATED HIS ROTOR TIP MUST HAVE BEEN CLOSER TO WIRE THAN HE THOUGHT WHEN TRIMMING UP THE FIELD.  PILOT HEARD A THUD AND FELT A BRIEF SHUDDER THEN THE HELICOPTER CONTINUED TO OPERATE NORMALLY.  HE PROCEDED TO LAND ON TRAILER NEAR EDGE OF THE FIELD WITH NO ADVERSE FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS NOTED.  UPON INSPECTION THE PILOT STATED HE SAW SCUFF MARKS ON THE ROTOR BLADE ABOUT 3 INCHES FROM THE TIP.  HELICOPTER IS BEING TAKEN FOR INSPECTION BY MECHANIC.

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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