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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bell 47G2A · Plaucheville, LA · July 31, 1979

Date
July 31, 1979 · 09:00 local
Place
Plaucheville, LA
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Rotorcraft)
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N166
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW79DRJ19
Reported as
Bell 47G2A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,580 total1,864 in this make and model83 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

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

Attempted landing in small clearing in bean field. Allowed rotor RPM to decay. Spray boom hit beans. Flipped over.

As the FAA filed it

ATTEMPTED LANDING IN SMALL CLEARING IN BEAN FIELD. ALLOWED ROTOR RPM TO DECAY. SPRAY BOOM HIT BEANS. FLIPPED OVER.

NTSB investigation

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