19840704029559A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 47G-5 · Penn Run, PA · July 4, 1984

Date
July 4, 1984 · 08:30 local
Place
Penn Run, PA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1477W
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC84FGM05
Reported as
Bell 47G5
Reported engine
Lycoming VO435B1A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,100 total1,900 in this make and model71 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.

Engine threw a rod during a spray run. Hard landing chopped off tail boom. Failure occurred on NR6 cylinder.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE THREW A ROD DURING A SPRAY RUN. HARD LANDING CHOPPED OFF TAIL BOOM. FAILURE OCCURRED ON NR6 CYLINDER.

NTSB investigation

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