- Date
- October 11, 1991, 08:05 local (13:05 UTC)
- Place
- Palacios, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4029DHiller UH-12E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911011046049A
- Case key
- 18399
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate preflight.
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 commercial helicopter pilot was departing a trailer on an agricultural application flight. A skid remained tied to the trailer when a takeoff was attempted. Control of the helicopter was lost and it collided with the terrain adjacent to the trailer.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4029D
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 5098
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-C2A, 305 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Glan Herring, doing business as Bud'S Helicopter
- Registered owner
- Glan Herring
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special); Standard, Normal
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- NONE
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 26,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4029D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.