- Date
- June 16, 1982, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hudsonville, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N364WBell 47G-2A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820616026979A
- Case key
- 71108
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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 pilot was flying a swath run that required him to fly under electric wires near a blacktop county road. As the pilot was coming off the field and passing under the wires, he realized he was on a collision course with a car. He pulled up to avoid the car and struck the wires. The pilot stated that he had seened the car before crossing under the wires. He thought the driver of the car had slowed to allow the helicopter to proceed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N364W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 103DB
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-435, 260 horsepower, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Byron Ag Aviation Inc.
- Registered owner
- Byron Ag Aviation Inc.
- Departed
- Hudsonville, MI
- Destination
- Hudsonville, MI
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
- 34
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 6,102 total · 5,649 in this make and model · 5,892 as pilot in command · 172 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.