- Date
- July 28, 1980
- Place
- Greenville, MI · GREENVILLE, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2866BBell 47G2
- Status
- Completed · report September 8, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800728036219A
- Case key
- 129774
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1118 80/7/28 GREENVILLE,MI BELL 47G2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 2642 TIME - 1700 N2866B PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 1735 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENVILLE,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP TAXI: AERIAL TAXI TO TAKEOFF NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: AERIAL TAXI TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 2550 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - BEANS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 - 890 REMARKS- BEAN PLANTS 12-18IN TALL SURROUNDING LNDG AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2866B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bean Field
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.