# Accident 20160421008359A: Bell 47G-2A, Los Fresnos, TX, April 21, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2016, 11:12 local time
- Place: Los Fresnos, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: HNKG
- Location: 26.0717° N, 97.4764° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-97.4764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64702, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N64702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-2A (registry code 1181012, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-435-A1F (registry code 42200, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-435-a1f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G-2A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING VO-435-A1F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16LA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA161) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160421008359A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 21, 2016, WHILE SPRAYING A COTTON FIELD THE AIRCRAFT, BELL 47, N64702, HIT TWO POWER SERVICE LINES AND CRASHED. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 50 YDS. FROM THE POINT OF IMPACT WITH THE WIRES AND EXPLODED ON IMPACT WITH THE GROUND. THE PILOT WAS SEVERELY BURNED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 CEN16LA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA161), Apr 21, 2016: Bell 47G-2A (N64702), Los Fresnos, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's inability to see and avoid the power lines because of trees obscuring his view.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.