# Accident 19820728062849A: Bell OH13HMK5A, Plainview, MN, July 28, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1982, 14:30 local time
- Place: Plainview, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 44.1647° N, 92.1692° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plainview, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1647&lon=-92.1692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19JM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL OH13HMK5A
- Reported engine: LYC VO435*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,537 total, 175 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI82DA279](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA279) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820728062849A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI82DA279](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA279), Jul 28, 1982: Bell 47G-2 (N19JM), Plainview, MN, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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