- Date
- June 3, 1967
- Place
- Dearborn, MI · DEARBORN, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N953BBell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116849
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0413 67/6/3 DEARBORN,MICH BELL 47G CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0850 N953B PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 40, 995 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 91 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 23 KIND OF OPERATION - OTHER KIND OF CROP - MOSQUITO CONTROL TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -DENSE WITH TREES ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 650 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- SPRAYING FAIRLANE ESTATE FOR MOSQUITO CONTROL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N953B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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