# NTSB Accident CHI01LA243
> **Bell 47G-2** · 2001-07-26 · Wheeler, WI, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI01LA243
- **Event ID:** 20010801X01580
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-07-26
- **Location:** Wheeler, WI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 45.039333, -91.900909
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Bell
- **Model:** 47G-2
- **Registration:** N986B
- **FAR Part:** 137
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot not maintaining altitude/clearance from the power transmission line.  A factor to the accident was the power transmission line.

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