# Accident 19950504009229A: Bell 47G5A, Middleboro, MA, May 4, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1995, 11:45 local time
- Place: Middleboro, MA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Settle With Power (Rotorcraft)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: AXSG
- Location: 41.8932° N, 70.9112° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middleboro, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8932&lon=-70.9112&mi=10
- Aircraft: N444GW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N444GW-2013-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-5A (registry code 1181034, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-435 series (registry code 41525, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-435-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G5A
- Reported engine: LYC VO435B1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC95LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95LA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950504009229A

## Narrative

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

ABRUPT DESCENT TO GROUND DURING TURN AROUND FROM PRACTICE SPRAY RUN. IMPACTED. NO ANOMALIES. SETTLING WITH POWER.

## 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 NYC95LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95LA100), May 4, 1995: Bell 47G-5A (N444GW), Middleboro, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during a low altitude aerial application turn, which resulted in inadvertent settling with power and the subsequent collision with the terrain.

## Other reports on N444GW (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19930729037229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930729037229I), Jul 29, 1993: Bell 47J2 (N444GW), Plymouth, MA, Minor damage. Engine quit while practicing autorotation maneuver. Autorotation to road. Carburtor idle. Cutoff plunger stuck.

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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