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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bell UH-1E · Gustine, CA · January 23, 2022

Date
January 23, 2022 · 10:30 local
Place
Gustine, CA
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
U4LG
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N333XL
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR22LA084
Reported as
Bell UH-1E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
28,000 total

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.

Pilot was performing aerial application, while performing turning maneuver loss control resulting in crash. No injuries, damage to crop field, and aircraft experienced major damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS PERFORMING AERIAL APPLICATION, WHILE PERFORMING TURNING MANEUVER LOSS CONTROL RESULTING IN CRASH. NO INJURIES, DAMAGE TO CROP FIELD, AND AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED MAJOR DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

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