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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell OH13HMK5A · Plainview, MN · July 28, 1982

Date
July 28, 1982 · 14:30 local
Place
Plainview, MN
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N19JM
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI82DA279
Reported as
Bell OH13HMK5A
Reported engine
Lycoming VO435*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,537 total175 in this make and model22 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.

Descended into ground during a tight turn around. The tight turn kept the helicopter in its downwash.

As the FAA filed it

DESCENDED INTO GROUND DURING A TIGHT TURN AROUND. THE TIGHT TURN KEPT THE HELICOPTER IN ITS DOWNWASH.

NTSB investigation

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