Helicopter tail rotor struck wire on takeoff.

Attributes
ACN	305752
Time
Date	199505
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 5400 flight time type : 1100
ASRS Report	305752
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	observation : observer
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Upon departure ground observers noted that the tail rotor had struck a wire. No indications were noted during takeoff. Pilot was notified in-flight, aircraft was landed, inspected by maintenance personnel and released for flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: HELI TAIL ROTOR STRUCK WIRE ON TKOF.

Narrative: UPON DEP GND OBSERVERS NOTED THAT THE TAIL ROTOR HAD STRUCK A WIRE. NO INDICATIONS WERE NOTED DURING TKOF. PLT WAS NOTIFIED INFLT, ACFT WAS LANDED, INSPECTED BY MAINT PERSONNEL AND RELEASED FOR FLT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.