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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bell 47D1 · Meadville, PA · June 22, 1990

Date
June 22, 1990 · 10:00 local
Place
Meadville, PA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
VJGG
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N310A
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC90DGM02
Reported as
Bell 47D1
Reported engine
Franklin 6V4178B32
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
17,030 total10,025 in this make and model23 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.

Struck a powerline and crashed while entering field to be sprayed. Had sprayed same field for 20 years.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK A POWERLINE AND CRASHED WHILE ENTERING FIELD TO BE SPRAYED. HAD SPRAYED SAME FIELD FOR 20 YEARS.

NTSB investigation

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