- Date
- May 9, 1968
- Place
- Asheville, NC · ASHEVILLE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7841SBell 47G5
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111305
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0961 68/5/9 ASHEVILLE,NC BELL 47G5 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 7750 TIME - 1715 N7841S PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE TAXI: AERIAL TAXI, OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - PASTURE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - OTHER TERRAIN-TYPE -HILLY REMARKS- MAIN ROTOR BLADE STRUCK HOPPER TRUCK AFTER RELEASING EMPTY HOPPER FROM SLING AND MOVING AWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7841S
- Reported as
- Bell 47G5
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N7841S · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI82DA171Accident · Minor injuriesFinal reportSublette, ILPrior to this flight, the helicopter had been flown about 1 hr from roselle to Sublette, IL, then it was flown another 1/2 hr to survey the area to be sprayed. About 10 minutes after departing to spray, the engine lost power. The pilot started an autorotative…NTSB MIA70FLA11Accident · Minor injuriesClosedJasper, FLNTSB MIA70D0053Accident · Serious injuriesClosedHampton, TN