19790515013929A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bell OH13H · Moses Lake, WA · May 15, 1979

Date
May 15, 1979 · 06:00 local
Place
Moses Lake, WA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9044T
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA79DYP20
Reported as
Bell OH13H
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,695 total1,800 in this make and model77 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Helicopter rotor blades struck power pole during spray run. Crashed and was destroyed.

As the FAA filed it

HELICOPTER ROTOR BLADES STRUCK POWER POLE DURING SPRAY RUN. CRASHED AND WAS DESTROYED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.