- Date
- June 13, 1984, 20:55 local (Jun 14, 1984, 01:55 UTC)
- Place
- Boyd, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9668FHughes 269C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840613026389A
- Case key
- 12651
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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
While beginning a gradual pull-up at the end of a spray run, the plt was distracted by a person in a ditch & did not see the wire at the end of the field. The wire contacted the tail rotor & the helicopter began to spin. The plt reduced power & was able to level the helicopter before it collided with the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9668F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 310098
- Airframe hours
- 11,474
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-D1A, 190 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Warren A. Jackson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 7, 1984 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- Boyd, MN
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,642 total · 195 in this make and model · 3,340 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.