- Date
- August 16, 1980
- Place
- Blakely, GA · BLAKELY, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1159WBell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report November 4, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800816066009A
- Case key
- 129198
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2396 80/8/16 NR.BLAKELY,GA BELL 47G CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 20000 TIME - 1800 N1159W PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 2620 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BLAKELY,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: STARTING SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - AFT OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 213 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- PLT EXPOSED TO PARATHION DAY BEFORE ACDNT,TREATED WITH ATROPINE.UNAWARE PARATHION ADDED TO LOAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1159W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1159WRegistration cancelled Dec 4, 2021 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelLycoming TVO-435-GIA
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1159W · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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