# Accident 19990723009509A: Robsin R22BETA, Spring Green, WI, July 23, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1999, 12:55 local time
- Place: Spring Green, WI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 43.1693° N, 90.0609° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1693&lon=-90.0609&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2313D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2313D-1999-12-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (registry code 7640110, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-beta) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBSIN R22BETA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA248) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990723009509A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 CHI99LA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA248), Jul 23, 1999: Robinson R22 (N2313D), Spring Green, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilots failure to maintain clearance with the wire. A factor was the wire.

## Other reports on N2313D (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19920103002499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920103002499I), Jan 3, 1992: Robsin R22BETA (N2313D), Atlanta, GA. Engine failed on approach to airport. Entered auto rotation and landed on grass between runways.

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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