# Accident 19940502010429A: Bell UH1E, Pleasant Grove, CA, May 2, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1994, 07:15 local time
- Place: Pleasant Grove, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: NIIG
- Location: 38.8309° N, 121.5005° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8309&lon=-121.5005&mi=10
- Aircraft: N204RW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N204RW-1994-07-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell UH-1L (registry code 1181401, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-uh-1l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL UH1E
- Reported engine: LYC T53L11D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 900 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX94LA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA208) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940502010429A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX94LA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA208), May 2, 1994: Bell UH-1L (N204RW), Pleasant Grove, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to see and avoid the power lines due to sun glare from the rising sun at dawn.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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