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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell OH13HMK5A · Imlaystown, NJ · June 15, 1982

Date
June 15, 1982 · 12:30 local
Place
Imlaystown, NJ
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9062T
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC82DA124
Reported as
Bell OH13HMK5A
Reported engine
Lycoming VO435A1E
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
17,290 total600 in this make and model145 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Rolled to the right to avoid a second bird strike. Spray boom contacted plants,pulled the helicopter to the ground.

As the FAA filed it

ROLLED TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID A SECOND BIRD STRIKE. SPRAY BOOM CONTACTED PLANTS,PULLED THE HELICOPTER TO THE GROUND.

NTSB investigation

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