# Accident 19810425022479A: Bell 47G2, Breese, IL, April 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1981, 14:45 local time
- Place: Breese, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 38.6138° N, 89.5237° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Breese, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6138&lon=-89.5237&mi=10
- Aircraft: N269MV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 3,507 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FEV14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEV14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810425022479A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI81FEV14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEV14), Apr 25, 1981: Bell 47G-2 (N269MV), Breese, IL, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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