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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell Helicopter BH06 · Cropwell, AL · March 15, 2018

Date
March 15, 2018 · 13:30 local
Place
Cropwell, AL
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N501JS
Reported as
Bell Helicopter BH06
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D 5 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total2,500 in this make and model50 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.

Inadvertant wire strike while engaged in law enforcement/sar. (Public use)

Further examination revealed that in addition to the broken windsheild and cabin top sheet metal damage, the aircraft also suffered main rotor blade strike damage.

As the FAA filed it

INADVERTANT WIRE STRIKE WHILE ENGAGED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT/SAR. (PUBLIC USE)

FURTHER EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT IN ADDITION TO THE BROKEN WINDSHEILD AND CABIN TOP SHEET METAL DAMAGE, THE AIRCRAFT ALSO SUFFERED MAIN ROTOR BLADE STRIKE DAMAGE.