- Date
- July 23, 1972
- Place
- Murdock, IL · MURDOCK, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N12848Bell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168107
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2675 72/7/23 MURDOCK,ILL BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 1594 TIME - 1300 N12848 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MURDOCK,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 525 KIND OF OPERATION - OTHER KIND OF CROP - CORN PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 670 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND REMARKS- CORN POLLINATION OPN.PLT WITH LOWTIME IN TYPE HIT HIGHLINE POLE WITH MAIN ROTOR.ACFT CRASHED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12848
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tuscola
N12848Registration cancelled Jul 9, 2013 · Bell 47G-2Airframe modelBell 47G-2Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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Other investigations on N12848 · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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