- Date
- August 22, 1980
- Place
- Norwalk, OH · NORWALK, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5235NBell 47
- Status
- Completed · report October 10, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800822037489A
- Case key
- 129681
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2107 80/8/22 NORWALK,OH BELL 47 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 4701 TIME - 1345 N5235N PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 960 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORWALK,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 750 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - SECOND 1/3 TURN REMARKS- SPRAYING PEPPERS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5235N
- Reported as
- Bell 47
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5235N · 4
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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 CHI76FEI04Accident · No injuriesClosedCeleryville, OHNTSB FTW71FPG49Accident · No injuriesClosedBradley, ARNTSB FTW66A0037Accident · No injuriesClosedVivian, LA