- Date
- May 22, 1985, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- New Baltimore, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9901KBell 206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850522022919A
- Case key
- 35595
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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
The acft collided with a power line during aerial application operations. There was no malfunction of equipment prior to the accident. The helicopter descended into trees & was damaged. The plt said that he was looking for a cut off marker in the form of a balloon when he looked up and saw the wires. It was too late to avoid the collision but he tried to decelerate prior to the impact. After striking the wires the acft descended and lodged in trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9901K
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1944
- Engine
- Allison C-20B, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Richard E. Myers, doing business as Rem Helicopter, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Leffler Transportation Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 1, 1984 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- New Baltimore, PA
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,741 total · 478 in this make and model · 2,500 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AOO, 35 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.