- Date
- June 13, 1967
- Place
- Hudsonville, MI · HUDSONVILLE, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N208BBell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116960
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1049 67/6/13 HUDSONVILLE,MICH BELL 47G CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1628 N208B PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 22, 312 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 56 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRANVILLE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: STARTING SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 3 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER 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 - AFT OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 670 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND REMARKS- WIRE ENTANGLED ON ACFT CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. PLT WAS SPRAYING CELERY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N208B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Granville
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