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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bell UH1E · Pleasant Grove, CA · May 2, 1994

Date
May 2, 1994 · 07:15 local
Place
Pleasant Grove, CA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
NIIG
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N204RW
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX94LA208
Reported as
Bell UH1E
Reported engine
Lycoming T53L11D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total900 in this make and model

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flew into power lines on a spray run lost control. Rolled on ground impact. Blamed rising sun obscured powerline.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO POWER LINES ON A SPRAY RUN LOST CONTROL. ROLLED ON GROUND IMPACT. BLAMED RISING SUN OBSCURED POWERLINE.

NTSB investigation

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