- Date
- July 19, 1975
- Place
- Celeryville, OH · CELERYVILLE, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5235NBell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750719021339A
- Case key
- 149907
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2032 75/7/19 CELERYVILLE,OH BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1915 N5235N PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 38, 1972 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 143 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CELERYVILLE,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS REMARKS- TAIL BOOM WAS CUT OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5235N
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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 N5235N · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI86FER14Accident · No injuriesFinal reportBrooklyn Park, MNAccording to the pilot after making three quarter-mile passes over the field the engine quit and he was forced to make an emergency landing in a field. The pilot stated, prior to takeoff the helicopter had been refueled by a ground crew member. According to…NTSB CHI80FEI38Accident · No injuriesClosedNorwalk, OHNTSB FTW71FPG49Accident · No injuriesClosedBradley, ARNTSB FTW66A0037Accident · No injuriesClosedVivian, LA