ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 298894
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| Date: | Thursday 8 June 2000 |
| Time: | 12:30 LT |
| Type: |  Enstrom F-28C |
| Owner/operator: | Trent Massie |
| Registration: | N80193 |
| MSN: | 366 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1705 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming HIO-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | KENNEWICK, Washington -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | UNKNOWN |
| UNKNOWN | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The helicopter was hovering over a cherry orchard to dry the cherries with its rotor wash. The aircraft occupants initially reported that while hovering over the cherry trees at 5 to 7 feet above the treetops, the helicopter began to lose power, and that the pilot attempted to land the helicopter in an open field east of the orchard but was unable to make the field. The helicopter landed in between the rows of cherry trees and was substantially damaged. According to an FAA inspector, the pilot later concluded that he had maneuvered the helicopter into a downwind position and had approached the hovering capability of the helicopter. The date of issue of the pilot's commercial pilot certificate was 3 1/2 months before the accident; according to the FAA, he had 400 hours total time. The FAA inspector stated that the pilot demonstrated a lack of experience in operating the helicopter at the critical hovering altitude necessary to conduct the kind of operation he was attempting.
Probable Cause: The pilot's exceedance of the helicopter's hovering capabilities in a downwind hover. Factors included tailwind conditions, the pilot's lack of experience in the type of operation being conducted, and trees in the area where the helicopter settled.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA00LA103
History of this aircraft
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| 10 May 1984 | N589H | Private | 0 | Hayward, CA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 16-Oct-2022 00:00 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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