19830524020749A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Hiller UH-12D · Troy, KS · May 24, 1983

Date
May 24, 1983 · 18:16 local
Place
Troy, KS
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3GK
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC83FA114
Reported as
Hiller UH12D
Reported engine
Lycoming VO540*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,067 total1,500 in this make and model25 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.

Struck wires making a scouting low pass over a field to be sprayed. Dived into ground and burned.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK WIRES MAKING A SCOUTING LOW PASS OVER A FIELD TO BE SPRAYED. DIVED INTO GROUND AND BURNED.

NTSB investigation

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