# Incident 20240322001939I: Bell 206L-3, Wright City, OK, March 22, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2024, 16:30 local time
- Place: Wright City, OK
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 1DVJ
- Location: 34.0663° N, 95.0070° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wright City, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0663&lon=-95.0070&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92PJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92PJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206L-3 (registry code 1182108, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206l-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C30P (registry code 03099, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c30p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L-3
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C30P
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,049 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240322001939I

## Narrative

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

THIS OFFICE WAS CALLED BY THE REGIONAL OPERATIONS COMMAND ON 03/26/2024 AT 3:30 PM, THAT A HELICOPTER WAS SHOT AT WHILE FLYING OVER PRIVATE PROPERTY HOG HUNTING AROUND WRIGHT CITY, OKLAHOMA. THE GAME WARDEN WAS CALLED BY THE LANDOWNER AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAD SHOT AT A HELICOPTER OVER HIS PROPERTY. LATER RECANTED THAT STATEMENT AND STATED THEY SHOT AT THE GROUND. THE GAME WARDEN RADIOED THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE ABOUT THE INCIDENT. THE OFFICER INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND SPOKE TO THE PILOTS AND CREW. DURING THE INSPECTION NO EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE WAS FOUND. THE DAY AFTER 03/24/2024 THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE RECEIVED ANOTHER CALL FROM THE OPERATOR OF THE HELICOPTER THAT DAMAGE WAS FOUND WHICH CONSISTED OF A PATCH OF INDENTIONS ON THE FUSELAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE OPERATOR LATER STATED IT WAS A SEATBELT THAT CAUSE THE DAMGAGE.

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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