# Incident 20200606007869I: Bell 407, Silver City, NM, June 6, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2020, 15:00 local time
- Place: Silver City, NM
- Airport: Mimbres Valley Helispot
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: H11A
- Location: 32.7786° N, 108.2694° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Silver City, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7786&lon=-108.2694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27HX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N27HX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 407 (registry code 1182206, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-407) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 series (registry code 03014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 407
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,950 total, 2,400 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200606007869I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 6, 2020, A BELL 407 HELICOPTER, N27HX, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, EXPERIENCED A WIRE STRIKE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT MIMBRES VALLEY HELISPOT, SILVER CITY, NEW MEXICO, WHILE

ON A PART 91 SMOKE JUMPER CREW SHUTTLE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE CERTIFICATED PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MIMBRES VALLEY HELISPOT, SILVER CITY, NEW MEXICO, ON JUNE 6, 2020, AT 1400 MST.

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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