# Incident 20200806013479I: Bell 206B, Paris, IL, August 6, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2020, 17:30 local time
- Place: Paris, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 1HVG
- Location: 39.6143° N, 87.6926° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Paris, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6143&lon=-87.6926&mi=10
- Aircraft: N137HS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N137HS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C20 (registry code 54178, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC 250-C20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,383 total, 931 in this make and model, 265 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200806013479I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT OF THE HELICOPTER WAS OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR PART 137 WHILE PERFORMING  ARIAL APPLICATION. FLYING OVER A FIELD SEPARATED BY A ROW OF TREES, POWER LINE, THEN ANOTHER ROW OF TREES, THE PILOT STRUCK AND DAMAGED THE POWER LINE BETWEEN ROWS WITH THE AIRCRAFTS RIGHT BOOM. THE PILOT MENTIONED THAT THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE INCREASED GLAIR AS RESULT OF THE SETTING SUN. HE ADMITTEDLY EXPLAINED THAT HE COULD ONLY SEE THE TREES AND DID NOT VISUALLY ACQUIRE SIGHT OF THE POWER LINE UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE. AFTER CONTACTING THE POWER LINE THE PILOT TOOK EVASIVE ACTION AND SET THE AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND FOR FURTHER INSPECTION.

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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