19781206040789A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 47B3 · Castroville, CA · December 6, 1978

Date: December 6, 1978
Place: Castroville, CA
Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N8404E
NTSB investigation: NTSBOAK79DVM07
Reported as: Bell 47B3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,765 total645 in this make and model65 in the last 90 days

N8404ERegistration cancelled Dec 6, 1989 · Bell 47G-2S/N 2013 Airframe modelBell 47G-2

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Landing area was private road. Spraying artichokes,wire strike rsln loss of directional control

As the FAA filed it

LANDING AREA WAS PRIVATE ROAD.SPRAYING ARTICHOKES,WIRE STRIKE RSLN LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB OAK79DVM07Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCastroville, CADec 6, 1978 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N8404E · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19851218062929ALow Level Operations · Moss Landing, CAFelt shudder in the airframe and engine, went to full RPM. Could not stop descent to impact. No malfunction found.Dec 18, 1985 · Substantial damage Accident 19841028061839APwr Off Run Land (Autorotation · Castroville, CACrash occurred during emergency landing after engine quit during spray run from fuel exhaustion.Oct 28, 1984 · Substantial damage