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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 47G-5 · Visalia, CA · August 3, 1995

Date: August 3, 1995 · 14:10 local
Place: Visalia, CA
Airport: Visalia Municipal
Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator: MBVG
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7800S
Reported as: Bell 47G5
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 23,500 total9,000 in this make and model400 in the last 90 days

N7800SRegistered now · Bell 47G-5S/N 7854 · Built 1967 Airframe modelBell 47G-5 Engine modelLycoming VO-435 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Struck electrical pole support cable on a spray run. Remained airborne. Returned to base.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK ELECTRICAL POLE SUPPORT CABLE ON A SPRAY RUN. REMAINED AIRBORNE. RETURNED TO BASE.

Other reports on N7800S · 1

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

Accident 20180228009629APixley, CAOn February 28, 2018, N7800S a Bell 47 helicopter operating under part 137 agriculture certificate was involved in an accident destroying the aircraft. During the investigation, it appears the aircraft ran out of fuel during its last pass dispensing…Feb 28, 2018 · Destroyed