Date:	Friday 12 March 1982
Time:	13:13
Type:	Robinson R22
Owner/operator:	Muth Aircraft Company
Registration:	N9079M
MSN:	0049
Year of manufacture:	1981
Total airframe hrs:	985 hours
Engine model:	Lycoming O-320-A2B
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Spangler, Pennsylvania -   United States of America
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Survey
Departure airport:	Newry, Pennsylvania
Destination airport:	Indiana, Pennsylvania
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE HELICOPTER STRUCK A SET OF NORTH-SOUTH POWER LINES WHILE THE PILOT WAS PATROLLING A SET OF EAST-WEST POWER LINES. THE POWER LINES BEING PATROLLED PASSED UNDER THE LINES THAT WERE STRUCK. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED OVER HILLY, WOODED TERRAIN.

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:

VISUAL LOOKOUT..INADEQUATE..PILOT IN COMMAND

Contributing Factors:
TERRAIN CONDITION..MOUNTAINOUS/HILLY
TERRAIN CONDITION..HIGH VEGETATION
OBJECT..WIRE,TRANSMISSION

1. NTSB Identification: NYC82FA053 at https://www.ntsb.gov/about/employment/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20020917X02542&key=1
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=9079M
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=1266
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://coptercrazy.brinkster.net/search/r22show.asp?start=1&count=50]

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
24-Oct-2008 10:30	ASN archive	Added
16-Sep-2016 18:45	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
21-Dec-2016 19:23	ASN Update Bot	Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency, ]