# NTSB CHI83LA175: Hughes 300C, N7418F, Hollandale, MN, April 21, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 21, 1983, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Hollandale, MN
- Location: 43.7598° N, 93.2056° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hollandale, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7598&lon=-93.2056&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12139
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA175
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12139/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA175

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb
  - collective - excessive, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT SAID 'THAT UPON TAKEOFF FROM TRUCK, PULLED TOO MUCH POWER SO HE LOST TOO MUCH RPM, HIT SOMEWHAT SOLID GROUND, SLID 10 FEET AND STUCK IN THE MUD, THE HELICOPTER STOPPED IMMEDIATELY AND FLEW APART.'

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7418F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 300C
- Category: Helicopter
- Airframe hours: 3480
- Engines: LYCOMING HIO-360-D1A 190 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 133
- Registered owner: Airag, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, March 27, 1983, 30 hours before

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 5,126 total, 115 in this make and model, 4,952 as pilot in command, 57 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 1 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830421015269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830421015269A), Apr 21, 1983: Hughes 269C, Albert Lea, MN, Destroyed. Pulled too much power on flatbed liftoff with a full ag load. Lost rotor RPM. Settled into mud and chopper broke up

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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