- Date
- July 23, 1999, 12:55 local (17:55 UTC)
- Place
- Spring Green, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2313DRobinson R22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990723009509A
- Case key
- 46892
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Probable cause
the pilots failure to maintain clearance with the wire. A factor was the wire.
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 was being used to pollinate a cornfield at the time of the accident. The pilot stated, in a written report, that he had '... made about three to four turns near the wires at the east end of the field before striking the wire....' The helicopter subsequently impacted the terrain. Post accident examination of the helicopter revealed no preexisting anomalies.
Factual narrative
On July 23, 1999 at 1255 central daylight time, a Robinson R22, N2313D, piloted by a commercial pilot, sustained substantial damage when it impacted terrain near Spring Green, Wisconsin. The flight was conducted under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 and was not on a flight plan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot who was the sole occupant reported no injuries. The flight originated in Spring Green, Wisconsin for a local flight at time unknown.
The aircraft had been pollinating a cornfield. The pilot stated, in a written report, that he had "... made about three to four turns near the wires at the east end of the field before striking the wire...." The helicopter subsequently impacted the terrain.
Post accident examination of the helicopter revealed no preexisting anomalies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2313D
- Reported as
- Robinson R22
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1960
- Airframe hours
- 1,679
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2C, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- K R Redell Helicopter Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 27, 1998 · 44 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 975 total · 60 in this make and model · 726 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LNR, 6 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.