- Date
- June 30, 1969
- Place
- Newsoms, VA · NEWSOMS, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N138BBell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173920
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1922 69/6/30 NEWSOMS,VA BELL 47G CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 958 TIME - 1500 N138B PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 270 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: EN ROUTE TO RELOADING AREA PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE 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-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UPWIND REMARKS- SPRAYING WATERMELONS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N138B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N138BRegistration cancelled Jun 14, 2012 · Bell 47B3Airframe modelBell 47B3Engine modelFranklin 6V4 series
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