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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 47D1 · Milan, MI · July 22, 1980

Date
July 22, 1980 · 14:20 local
Place
Milan, MI
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N74006
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI80FEC25
Reported as
Bell 47D1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,685 total7,454 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Lost tail rotor blades on pull up from spray run, unbalance tore off tail rotor assembly. Crashed on right turn.

As the FAA filed it

LOST TAIL ROTOR BLADES ON PULL UP FROM SPRAY RUN, UNBALANCE TORE OFF TAIL ROTOR ASSEMBLY. CRASHED ON RIGHT TURN.

NTSB investigation

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