- Date
- June 13, 1984, 08:25 local (13:25 UTC)
- Place
- Fairfax, MN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N501HBell 47G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840613023939A
- Case key
- 12646
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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 helicopter plt turned at the end of a spray run & the acft collided with a power line. He said that because of a quartering tailwind, the helicopter was in a nose high attitude & the tail rotor hit a wire. The plt was able to make an autorotation after the helicopter spun a few turns, but it touched down hard enough to rupture fuel lines which resulted in a fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N501H
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 3560
- Airframe hours
- 3,560
- Engine
- Lycoming TVO-435-B1A, 270 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Leland Cain
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 2, 1984 · 55 hours before
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
- 37
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,562 total · 2,055 in this make and model · 2,369 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.