- Date
- July 29, 1984, 19:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Jeffersonville, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N59HBell 47-G2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840729035849A
- Case key
- 12712
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft started to settle with power during takeoff after the acft was loaded with chemicals. The plt said he had a choice of, going through a fence or over it and decided to go over it. Pulling collective bled off m/r and the acft stopped flying. The tail boom struck the ground during an attempted flare. The main blades flexed and cut off the tail.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59H
- Reported as
- Bell 47-G2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 325
- Airframe hours
- 4,859
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-435-A1D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- B & J Helicopter Service, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 25, 1983 · 53 hours before
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,587 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
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 N59H · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.