19870511012859A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell OH13M74TEXH · Holtville, CA · May 11, 1987

Date
May 11, 1987 · 20:00 local
Place
Holtville, CA
Airport
Holtville Airport
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
OREG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1001Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX87DUM04
Reported as
Bell OH13M74TEXH
Reported engine
Lycoming VO435*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,020 total1,050 in this make and model50 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.

Lost electrical power on night spraying run. Attention diverted,struck powerline. Electrical generator had failed.

As the FAA filed it

LOST ELECTRICAL POWER ON NIGHT SPRAYING RUN. ATTENTION DIVERTED,STRUCK POWERLINE. ELECTRICAL GENERATOR HAD FAILED.

NTSB investigation

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