# Incident 20190714015289I: Eurocopter AS 350 B2, Ramsey, IN, July 14, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2019, 15:00 local time
- Place: Ramsey, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 2XMG
- Location: 38.3217° N, 86.1557° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ramsey, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3217&lon=-86.1557&mi=10
- Aircraft: N510NA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N510NA-2021-12-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter AS 350 B2 (registry code 8680950, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-b2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1D1 (registry code 60053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-1d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER AS 350 B2
- Reported engine: TURBOMECA ARRIEL 1D1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,950 total, 750 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190714015289I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 14, 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A EUROCOPTER AS 350 B2 HELICOPTER, N510NA, OPERATED BY AG MAX, LLC CONTACTED A RESIDENTIAL TELEPHONE POLE SUPPORT CABLE WHILE CONDUCTING CROP DUSTING OPERATIONS NEAR RAMSEY, INDIANA. THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, PART 137, AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS.

WEATHER AT THE TIME, REPORTED AT THE JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA, CLARK REGIONAL AIRPORT (KJVY), WAS WIND FROM 260° AT 6 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES, CEILING SCATTERED AT 4200 FEET, TEMPERATURE 32°C, DEWPOINT 21°C AND ALTIMETER 30.12.

THE COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT STATED HE HAD MADE A HIGH RECONNAISSANCE PASS OVER THE FIELD AND BELIEVED HE HAD IDENTIFIED ALL OBSTRUCTIONS. UPON THE COMPLETION OF A PASS FROM EAST TO WEST, THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE CABLE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO OPERATE NORMALLY AND WAS FLOWN APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS SOUTH TO AN OPEN FIELD AND LANDED TO CHECK FOR DAMAGE. THERE WAS A SECTION OF THE CABLE STILL ON THE AIRCRAFT AFTER IT HAD LANDED.

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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