- Date
- June 25, 1986, 20:35 local (Jun 26, 1986, 00:35 UTC)
- Place
- Lisbon, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 fatal
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N984BBell 47G2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860625027829A
- Case key
- 6976
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The aerial application helicopter was being serviced by a chemical truck that was parked adjacent to the acft. The acft engine was at high idle with the main rotor turning at 250 RPM. The ground crewman jumped off the side of the chemical truck into the main rotor arc, and sustained fatal injuries. He had reportedly boarded the truck from the rear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N984B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- N984B
- Airframe hours
- 7,776
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-435-A1F, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- John W. Albrecht
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 2, 1986 · 73 hours before
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,280 total · 5,950 in this make and model · 6,000 as pilot in command · 107 in the last 90 days · 52 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- YNG, 25 nm away
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 N984B · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.