- Date
- September 7, 1986, 07:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place
- Gonzales, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N149HAHiller UH 12E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860907078009A
- Case key
- 24988
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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
A loss of power was expereinced as the acft descended into a field at the beginning of an aerial application spray run. The plt initiated a forced landing into the field. During the landing the right skid dug into the field, tipping the helicopter onto its right side. An examination of the wreckage revealed that there was no evidence of fuel in the acfts fuel tank. The acft was refueled with 20 gallons of fuel at the beginning of the second spray run. Fuel exhaustion occurred at the beginning of the sixth spray pass.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N149HA
- Reported as
- Hiller UH 12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- HA3049
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-540-C2A, 305 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Helicair Ag. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- Gonzales, CA
- Destination
- Gonzales, CA
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 7,483 total · 7,249 as pilot in command · 389 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
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 N149HA · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.