20211102018509I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · MD Helicopters 369FF · Land O'Lakes, FL · November 2, 2021

Date
November 2, 2021 · 07:40 local
Place
Land O'Lakes, FL
Phase of flight
Hover/Holding
Operating rules
Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
Operator
9HSL
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N18FF
Reported as
MD Helicopters 369FF
Reported engine
Rolls-Royce 250-C30
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
7,569 total5,350 in this make and model157 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.

On November 2, 2021, at approximately 0740 EST, N18FF, 2006 MD helicopter?s inc, 369FF,privacy data omitted, was involved in an incident where the helicopter?s main rotor blades struck a power line pole cap while involved in part 133 external lift operations at Land o?lakes power substation, near privacy data omitted Land o?lakes, FL. The helicopter had the PIC and one passenger, who was a lineman working from the skid, onboard at the time of the incident. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. N18FF departed orlando apopka airport, FL (X04) earlier that morning.

As the FAA filed it

ON NOVEMBER 2, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 0740 EST, N18FF, 2006 MD HELICOPTER?S INC, 369FF,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT WHERE THE HELICOPTER?S MAIN ROTOR BLADES STRUCK A POWER LINE POLE CAP WHILE INVOLVED IN PART 133 EXTERNAL LIFT OPERATIONS AT LAND O?LAKES POWER SUBSTATION, NEAR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LAND O?LAKES, FL. THE HELICOPTER HAD THE PIC AND ONE PASSENGER, WHO WAS A LINEMAN WORKING FROM THE SKID, ONBOARD AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. N18FF DEPARTED ORLANDO APOPKA AIRPORT, FL (X04) EARLIER THAT MORNING.