- Date
- October 5, 1966
- Place
- Milford, IN · MILFORD, IN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2802BBell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121592
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0996 66/10/5 MILFORD IND BELL 47G CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 1880 TIME - 2235 N2802B PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: SURVEY FIELD/AREA PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 400 KIND OF OPERATION - ANTI-FROST OPERATIONS KIND OF CROP - TOMATOES PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - NOT AVAILABLE COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 825 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- PLT WAS CHECKING CLEARANCE AVAILABLE AT WIRES BEFORE STARTING ANTI-FROST OPERATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2802B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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