19830220005949A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 47G3B2 · Merced, CA · February 20, 1983

Date
February 20, 1983 · 16:55 local
Place
Merced, CA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N88CP
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX83LA112
Reported as
Bell 47G3B2
Reported engine
Lycoming TVO435G1A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total550 in this make and model150 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.

Operator reported engine failed on a spray run. Hard forced landing damaged helicopter. Cause undertermined.

As the FAA filed it

OPERATOR REPORTED ENGINE FAILED ON A SPRAY RUN. HARD FORCED LANDING DAMAGED HELICOPTER. CAUSE UNDERTERMINED.

NTSB investigation

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