19820123001799A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 47G-2 · Watsonville, CA · January 23, 1982

Date
January 23, 1982 · 15:00 local
Place
Watsonville, CA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N10194
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX82DA051
Reported as
Bell 47G2
Reported engine
Lycoming VO435A1F
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,695 total4,640 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Testing spray nozzles with water , flew into a telephone line. Tail low emergency landing severed tail boom.

As the FAA filed it

TESTING SPRAY NOZZLES WITH WATER , FLEW INTO A TELEPHONE LINE. TAIL LOW EMERGENCY LANDING SEVERED TAIL BOOM.

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N10194 · 1

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