19851213075619A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Hiller H-23A · Madera, CA · December 13, 1985

Date
December 13, 1985 · 05:59 local
Place
Madera, CA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3107G
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX86LA065
Reported as
Hiller H23A
Reported engine
Franklin 6V335B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,285 total3 in this make and model31 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.

Impacted the ground during a frost control flight when fog suddenly rolled in, cutting the visibility to zero.

As the FAA filed it

IMPACTED THE GROUND DURING A FROST CONTROL FLIGHT WHEN FOG SUDDENLY ROLLED IN, CUTTING THE VISIBILITY TO ZERO.

NTSB investigation

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