- Date
- September 20, 1972
- Place
- Plumerville, AR · PLUMERVILLE, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N925VBell 47D
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168011
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2833 72/9/20 PLUMERVILLE,ARK BELL 47D CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 2500 TIME - 1500 N925V PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 86 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PASSMORE AG STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLUMERVILLE,ARK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - BEANS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 - 350 REMARKS- LOST HYD BOOST CONTROL,PRE-CAUTION LNDG,OVER CONTROL AFT CYCLIC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N925V
- Reported as
- Bell 47D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Passmore Ag Strip
N925VRegistration cancelled Sep 20, 2006 · Bell 47D1Airframe modelBell 47D1Engine modelFranklin 6V4 series
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.
Other investigations on N925V · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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