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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206L · Andrews, SC · June 24, 2018

Date
June 24, 2018 · 18:50 local
Place
Andrews, SC
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N12EW
Reported as
Bell 206L
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot

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.

While flying approximately 20 feet above the black river, struck power lines crossing the river.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE FLYING APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET ABOVE THE BLACK RIVER, STRUCK POWER LINES CROSSING THE RIVER.