- Date
- July 2, 1981
- Place
- Rosedale, WI · ROSEDALE, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4782SSikorsky HRS-1
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810702047209A
- Case key
- 124667
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1933 81/7/2 ROSEDALE,WI SIKORSKY HRS-1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 6248 TIME - 1830 N4782S PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 188 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROSEDALE,WI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: PULLUP FROM SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - MISCELLANEOUS UNITS AND ASSEMBLIES: TAIL BOOMS/PYLONS/CONES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 188 KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING CROPS KIND OF CROP - PEAS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - AFT OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 700 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - ENTRY TO PROCEDURE TURN REMARKS- CRACK IN DOUBLER AT THE TAIL ROTOR PYLON.LANDED IN CORN FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4782S
- Reported as
- Sikorsky HRS-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N4782SRegistration cancelled Dec 13, 2012 · Sikorsky HRS-1Airframe modelSikorsky HRS-1Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.