Original press release from JCP&L
Please be advised that on Wednesday, June 12th, weather permitting, Chesapeake Bay Helicopters will be returning to the JCP&L Region to begin performing fall routine patrols on all JCP&L transmission lines, 115kV - 500kV. These inspections are anticipated to take approximately one week to complete, but as always, work is weather dependent and completion could be impeded by any post-storm or outage-related patrols that may occur. The helicopter to be used for these patrols are as follows:
- Blue Bell 206 Jet Ranger, Tail number – N719CB - see attached photo
A routine visual patrol is a general inspection of the structures, conductors, and all associated hardware on the transmission line(s) where the onboard inspector is looking for any outstanding issues or immediate threats to the reliability of the transmission line(s). The helicopter may also be seen hovering and/or circling to get a closer look at any problems that may be found during these patrols.
It should be noted that the contractor has been authorized to patrol the transmission circuits in their entirety (i.e. "breaker-to-breaker"), so patrols on certain lines may therefore extend into the neighboring regions. The flight crew will provide information on their daily location to local airports when in their airspace.