FAA incident report · Hiller H23B · East Wenatchee, WA · June 6, 1990
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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Helicopter being used to dry cherries in orchard. Pilot allowed RPM to decay. Rotor blades struck cherry trees.
HELICOPTER BEING USED TO DRY CHERRIES IN ORCHARD. PILOT ALLOWED RPM TO DECAY. ROTOR BLADES STRUCK CHERRY TREES.