# Incident 20211102018509I: Md Helicopters Inc 369FF, Land O'Lakes, FL, November 2, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 2021, 07:40 local time
- Place: Land O'Lakes, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Operator: 9HSL
- Location: 28.2083° N, 82.4458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Land O' Lakes, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2083&lon=-82.4458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18FF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N18FF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: MD Helicopters 369FF (registry code 3030002, https://openairdocs.org/model/md-helicopters-369ff) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C30 (registry code 54023, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MD HELICOPTERS INC 369FF
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC 250-C30
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,569 total, 5,350 in this make and model, 157 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211102018509I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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