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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bell 47G2 · Breese, IL · April 25, 1981

Date
April 25, 1981 · 14:45 local
Place
Breese, IL
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N269MV
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI81FEV14
Reported as
Bell 47G2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total3,507 in this make and model47 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.

Lost tail rotor blade and hub assembly during spray operation. Helicopter crashed, exploded on impact.

As the FAA filed it

LOST TAIL ROTOR BLADE AND HUB ASSEMBLY DURING SPRAY OPERATION. HELICOPTER CRASHED, EXPLODED ON IMPACT.

NTSB investigation

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