- Date
- May 19, 1987, 07:20 local (14:20 UTC)
- Place
- Tolleson, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N4034THiller UH-12E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870519014169A
- Case key
- 25309
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that he landed the acft on a platform on top of a chemical tank truck. The truck was parked on a slight slope with its left side six inches lower than the right. The plt reduced power to idle and the loader began to load the helicopter with liquid chemical. The helicopter's tail began to drop and before the plt could increase power to resume flight, the helicopter fell off the platform (a height of 12 feet) and was destroyed by fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4034T
- Reported as
- Hiller UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 5190
- Airframe hours
- 1,720
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-540-C2A, 305 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Robert L. Leverton, doing business as Country Boy Drop Dusting Co.
- Registered owner
- R.S. Leverton/G.E. Leverton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 2, 1987 · 30 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
- 80
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 22,100 total · 200 in this make and model · 22,100 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.