Originally Posted by
muermel
Didn't the FAA conduct a study about wire strike accidents and found out that an astonishingly high number of them included wires that the pilots knew about and their locations?
Yes they did. I actually hit wires last year and survived. Took out a 3 phase 65kv line. The power company I was flying for is producing a video of the incident---I had to go re-create it the other week. I have seen the first draft, about 20 minutes long---multiple camera angles and long interview. Hopefully they will let it be shared once complete. Here is a screenshot from the video---you can see the wires I hit about 100 ft in front of the helicopter, just above the blades, and yes, this is a real video and not computer graphics.
