A police helicopter pushed a bad guy off of a fence with his landing gear in a 'hot pursuit.'

Attributes
ACN	309200
Time
Date	199506
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fmy
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 10 agl bound upper : 10
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : fmy
Operator	other
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	cruise other other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	government other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 65 flight time total : 3900 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	309200
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	other personnel other
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

While engaged in law enforcement activities, I was flying TH55 helicopter owned by the sheriff's office. I was involved in a pursuit involving armed robbery suspects. Suspects bailed out of the vehicles and fled on foot. I located one suspect and followed him into a wooded area where I lost visual contact. After about 20 mins the subject was located inside an open area surrounded by a fence. The suspect tried to climb the fence to get back into the woods. I lowered the helicopter in attempt to force him back, but he would not stop. I lowered the helicopter further causing light contact of the right skid to the shoulder area of the suspect nudging him off the fence. The subject fell off the fence into the wooded area and ran off but was arrested by ground units several mins later.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A POLICE HELI PUSHED A BAD GUY OFF OF A FENCE WITH HIS LNDG GEAR IN A 'HOT PURSUIT.'

Narrative: WHILE ENGAGED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES, I WAS FLYING TH55 HELI OWNED BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. I WAS INVOLVED IN A PURSUIT INVOLVING ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECTS. SUSPECTS BAILED OUT OF THE VEHICLES AND FLED ON FOOT. I LOCATED ONE SUSPECT AND FOLLOWED HIM INTO A WOODED AREA WHERE I LOST VISUAL CONTACT. AFTER ABOUT 20 MINS THE SUBJECT WAS LOCATED INSIDE AN OPEN AREA SURROUNDED BY A FENCE. THE SUSPECT TRIED TO CLB THE FENCE TO GET BACK INTO THE WOODS. I LOWERED THE HELI IN ATTEMPT TO FORCE HIM BACK, BUT HE WOULD NOT STOP. I LOWERED THE HELI FURTHER CAUSING LIGHT CONTACT OF THE R SKID TO THE SHOULDER AREA OF THE SUSPECT NUDGING HIM OFF THE FENCE. THE SUBJECT FELL OFF THE FENCE INTO THE WOODED AREA AND RAN OFF BUT WAS ARRESTED BY GND UNITS SEVERAL MINS LATER.

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.