- Date
- September 20, 1984, 09:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place
- Paso Robles, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2246WBell 206B
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840920049869A
- Case key
- 24404
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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
Plt stated that after receiving a special VFR clearence he took off to spray a nearby field. He continued to state that he 'made a couple of circuits over the field, observed the telephone wires and began spraying. After performing 2 or 3 passes I hit some telephone wires.' The plt also stated that the wire may not have been clearly visible because the gray overcast made the gray poles and wires disappear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2246W
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 472
- Airframe hours
- 4,900
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20, 400 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Jack Sinton, doing business as Sinton Crop Dusting
- Registered owner
- Sycan Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 17, 1984
- Departed
- Paso Robles, CA
- Destination
- Paso Robles, CA
- Airport
- PRB · Paso Robles
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 8,797 total · 812 in this make and model · 145 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PRB, 5 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.