- Date
- June 24, 1983, 05:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fossil, OR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5598GGarlick UH-1B/204
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 39618
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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 helicopter collided with a dead tree and crashed while conducting a spray run on an aerial application mission. The pilot said that the dawn light conditions made the obtacle hard to see. In the attempt to clear the tree the spray boom made contact and broke off. Part of the boom went into the rotor and the helicopter descended into standing timber and crashed on its nose and rt side. The pilot received minor injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5598G
- Reported as
- Garlick UH-1B/204
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 63-12916
- Airframe hours
- 5,380
- Engine
- Lycoming T53 L 11D, 1,100 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Cliff Richie, doing business as Spokane Helicopters Serv., Inc
- Registered owner
- Garlick Helicopters, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 22, 1983 · 10 hours before
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,102 total · 500 in this make and model · 3,670 as pilot in command · 95 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None