- Date
- August 17, 1976
- Place
- Mantua, OH · MANTUA, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N818HJEL Tomcat Mark V
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760817027079A
- Case key
- 155802
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2907 76/8/17 MANTUA,OH EL TOMCAT MARK V CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1000 N818HJ PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 29, 3724 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 138 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MANTUA,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOAD NOT JETTISONED SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1580 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - POTATOES TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 1200 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UPWIND PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - THIRD 1/3 TURN REMARKS- DSCNDG TO APPLICATION HEIGHT,PLT UN CK DSCNT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N818HJ
- Reported as
- EL Tomcat Mark V
- 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 N818HJ · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA00LA222Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCovington, TNthe pilot allowed the helicopter to get too low while hovering, which resulted in the tail rotor striking the ground, the separation of the blade, and subsequent force landing.NTSB ATL87DEI03Accident · No injuriesFinal reportMonroeville, OHThe plt was on a normal spray run next to the edge of a field when he misjudged his clearance & the main rotor blades contacted a tree. The helicopter then crashed to the ground in a wheat field.NTSB NYC71FHM09Accident · No injuriesClosedSpring Valley, NY