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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 47G-2 · Zillah, WA · June 23, 1995

Date
June 23, 1995 · 17:00 local
Place
Zillah, WA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1968H
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA95LA126
Reported as
Bell 47G2
Reported engine
Lycoming VO435A1F
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
468 total369 in this make and model41 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.

Lost lateral cyclic control banking. Unable recover. Hit trees. Control rod broke due corrosion. No current annual.

As the FAA filed it

LOST LATERAL CYCLIC CONTROL BANKING. UNABLE RECOVER. HIT TREES. CONTROL ROD BROKE DUE CORROSION. NO CURRENT ANNUAL.

NTSB investigation

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