- Date
- June 28, 1982, 12:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Ronan, MT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9626FHughes 269C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820628056919A
- Case key
- 72423
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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
After spraying the field, the pilot was making an "end swath" when the helicopter collided with a power line. The helicopter crashed after a wire wrapped around the swash plate and damaged the controls. The pilot stated that he failed to see the wire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9626F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 800034
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-D1A, 190 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- James O. Courtney
- Registered owner
- James O. Courtney
- Departed
- Ronan, MT
- Destination
- Ronan, MT
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
- 43
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 16,435 total · 70 in this make and model · 16,180 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.