19810620035369A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 47D1 · Sublette, KS · June 20, 1981

Date
June 20, 1981 · 08:15 local
Place
Sublette, KS
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7735
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC81DCQ43
Reported as
Bell 47D1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
624 total38 in this make and model38 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.

Allowed rotor RPM decay during test spray run with water to calibrate spray nozzles. Rolled on ground contact.

As the FAA filed it

ALLOWED ROTOR RPM DECAY DURING TEST SPRAY RUN WITH WATER TO CALIBRATE SPRAY NOZZLES. ROLLED ON GROUND CONTACT.

NTSB investigation

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

Other reports on N7735 · 2

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