- Date
- May 16, 1966
- Place
- Broken Bow, OK · BROKEN BOW, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9168RBell Tomcat
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172398
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0297 66/5/16 BROKEN BOW OKLA BELL TOMCAT CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 8681 TIME - 1850 N9168R PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 3167 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JETTISONED LOAD SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 1200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 82 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 170 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 3000 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING FORESTS KIND OF CROP - FOREST-TREES 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 - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -HILLY ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 510 REMARKS- TOOK OFF FROM CLEARING IN FOREST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9168R
- Reported as
- Bell Tomcat
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9168RRegistration cancelled May 21, 2015 · Bell-Continental Copters 47G-ELTOMCAT MKIIAirframe modelBell-Continental Copters 47G-ELTOMCAT MKIIEngine modelFranklin 6A&6V335 series
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Other investigations on N9168R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.