# Accident 19860227025879A: Bell 47G5, Castaic, CA, February 27, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 1986, 08:00 local time
- Place: Castaic, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: EFIG
- Location: 34.4774° N, 118.6327° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Castaic, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4774&lon=-118.6327&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7802S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7802S-2013-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-5 (registry code 1181032, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-435 series (registry code 41525, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-435-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G5
- Reported engine: LYC VO435B1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,850 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX86LA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA231) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860227025879A

## Narrative

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

THE HELICOPTER STRUCK POWERLINES DURING AERIAL APPLICATION MANEUVERS. AIRCRAFT WAS HEADED INTO THE SUN.

## 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 LAX86LA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA231), Feb 27, 1986: Bell 47G-5 (N7802S), Castaic, CA, substantial damage

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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