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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell STC47 · Marlow, OK · September 23, 1987

Date
September 23, 1987 · 13:30 local
Place
Marlow, OK
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
TJHG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N17315
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW87DPJ09
Reported as
Bell STC47
Reported engine
Lycoming VO435A1E
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
670 total20 in this make and model25 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.

The agricultural spray helicopter hit a tree and rolled into the ground.

As the FAA filed it

THE AGRICULTURAL SPRAY HELICOPTER HIT A TREE AND ROLLED INTO THE GROUND.

NTSB investigation

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