- Date
- June 19, 1974
- Place
- Zafra, OK · ZAFRA, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4227AEL Tomcat 47
- Status
- Completed · report October 21, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740619030709A
- Case key
- 130070
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2808 74/6/19 ZAFRA,OKLA EL TOMCAT 47 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 6800 TIME - 2000 N4227A PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ZAFRA,OKLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 600 KIND OF OPERATION - DEFOLIATION (LIQUID) KIND OF CROP - FOREST-TREES TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -HILLY ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 1600 DENSE WITH TREES SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- NO ENG MLFNCTN FND DRNG INVSTGTN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4227A
- Reported as
- EL Tomcat 47
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N4227ARegistration cancelled Oct 23, 2013 · Bell 47D1Airframe modelBell 47D1Engine modelFranklin 6V4 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4227A · 3
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