- Date
- May 20, 1987, 11:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Monroeville, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N818HJBell 47G-2A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870520014879A
- Case key
- 7225
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt was on a normal spray run next to the edge of a field when he misjudged his clearance & the main rotor blades contacted a tree. The helicopter then crashed to the ground in a wheat field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N818HJ
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2764
- Airframe hours
- 8,632
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-435-A1E, 240 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- P.A.H. Corp., doing business as Hick Flying Service Inc.
- Registered owner
- P.A.H. Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 28, 1987 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- 8G1 · Willard, OH
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,226 total · 1,100 in this make and model · 2,100 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N818HJ · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.