ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 280908
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| Date: | Thursday 28 July 2022 |
| Time: | 12:15 LT |
| Type: |  Robinson R44 Raven II |
| Owner/operator: | Blue Stem Leasing LLC |
| Registration: | N719TF |
| MSN: | 10990 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2854 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540-AE1A5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Ithaca, NE -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Ithaca, NE |
| Ithaca, NE | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was enroute to the next field he would spray and used a handheld GPS unit to navigate. When he finished imputing information into the GPS, he looked up and saw power lines across his flight path. The pilot pulled up on the collective and cyclic to climb; however, the helicopter struck the upper power line. The pilot entered an autorotation, during which the pilot felt unusual vibrations, but had full authority of the flight controls. The helicopter settled into a mature stand of corn, which resulted in structural damage to the tail boom and main rotor system. The pilot stated that he should have climbed to 500 ft agl before he used his GPS to navigate to the next field.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from power lines during low level aerial application operations due to a distraction.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN22LA345
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=719TF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 August 2016 | N719TF | 0 | Homer, AK | |
sub | |
| Bird strike | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jul-2022 14:08 | AgOps | Added |
| 30-Jul-2022 03:09 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Damage] |
| 14-Oct-2022 11:52 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
| 14-Oct-2022 11:54 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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