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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA · Garwood, TX · June 29, 2019

Date
June 29, 2019 · 12:30 local
Place
Garwood, TX
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
8AHA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N7143Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN19LA193
Reported as
Robinson Helicopter R22 Beta
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot

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.

What happened

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

06/29/2019 AOA 12:30L a call was received from the roc reporting the listed helicopter had struck a power line and crashed in the rice field it had been flying over. The aircraft had been conducting pollenating procedures when the aircraft struck a power line adjacent to the road and crashed in the field. The PIC, though injured, crawled away from the vehicle incase of fire. The PIC was taken to a emergency medical facility and the aircraft removed to the "ricetec" facilities located at eagle lake, Texas.

As the FAA filed it

06/29/2019 AOA 12:30L A CALL WAS RECEIVED FROM THE ROC REPORTING THE LISTED HELICOPTER HAD STRUCK A POWER LINE AND CRASHED IN THE RICE FIELD IT HAD BEEN FLYING OVER. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN CONDUCTING POLLENATING PROCEDURES WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A POWER LINE ADJACENT TO THE ROAD AND CRASHED IN THE FIELD. THE PIC, THOUGH INJURED, CRAWLED AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE INCASE OF FIRE. THE PIC WAS TAKEN TO A EMERGENCY MEDICAL FACILITY AND THE AIRCRAFT REMOVED TO THE "RICETEC" FACILITIES LOCATED AT EAGLE LAKE, TEXAS.

NTSB investigation

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