19990723009509A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Robsin R22 BETA · Spring Green, WI · July 23, 1999

Date
July 23, 1999 · 12:55 local
Place
Spring Green, WI
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2313D
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI99LA248
Reported as
Robsin R22BETA
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

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What happened

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

R-22 helicopter was pollinating a corn field when the rotor struck a power line, and the acft crashed, other circumstances are unknown. (.19)on July 23, 1999, at 1255 central daylight time, a Robinson R22 beta, N2313D, piloted by a commercial pilot, sustained substantial damage when it impacted terrain near Spring Green, Wisconsin. The flight was conducted under the provisions of 14 CFR part 137 and was not on a flight plan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot who was the sole occupant reported no injuries. The flight originated in Spring Green, Wisconsin for a local flight at time unknown. The aircraft had been piollinating a cornfield when the rotor reportedly contacted a power line and the helicopter subsequently impacted the terrain. (-23)Robinson, R22, N2313D sustained substantial damage to its canopy, tail boom, skids, main and tail rotor after striking wires while pollimating a corn field at Spring Green, Wisconsin on July 23, 1999. The pilot-in-command, privacy data omitted and passenger were not injured. privacy data omitted Reported that he made several passes over the field having made three or four turns near the wires. He stated that the passes were made at an altitude of approximately 10 feet above the corn. He stated that the wind was from the west southwest with some gusts and that on the last pass, the wind might have drifted the helicopter into the wires.

As the FAA filed it

R-22 HELICOPTER WAS POLLINATING A CORN FIELD WHEN THE ROTOR STRUCK A POWER LINE, AND THE ACFT CRASHED, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (.19)ON JULY 23, 1999, AT 1255 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A ROBINSON R22 BETA, N2313D, PILOTED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN NEAR SPRING GREEN, WISCONSIN. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 137 AND WAS NOT ON A FLIGHT PLAN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN SPRING GREEN, WISCONSIN FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT AT TIME UNKNOWN. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN PIOLLINATING A CORNFIELD WHEN THE ROTOR REPORTEDLY CONTACTED A POWER LINE AND THE HELICOPTER SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED THE TERRAIN. (-23)ROBINSON, R22, N2313D SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ITS CANOPY, TAIL BOOM, SKIDS, MAIN AND TAIL ROTOR AFTER STRIKING WIRES WHILE POLLIMATING A CORN FIELD AT SPRING GREEN, WISCONSIN ON JULY 23, 1999. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. ^PRIVACY DAT^ REPORTED THAT HE MADE SEVERAL PASSES OVER THE FIELD HAVING MADE THREE OR FOUR TURNS NEAR THE WIRES. HE STATED THAT THE PASSES WERE MADE AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET ABOVE THE CORN. HE STATED THAT THE WIND WAS FROM THE WEST SOUTHWEST WITH SOME GUSTS AND THAT ON THE LAST PASS, THE WIND MIGHT HAVE DRIFTED THE HELICOPTER INTO THE WIRES.

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