- Date
- May 8, 1990, 14:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Sivell Bend, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N25126Bell-Moore 47G-2A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900508014719A
- Case key
- 22929
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Probable cause
Clearance was not maintained by the pilot-in-command.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
While flying over the field to be sprayed, the helicopter encountered a gust of wind which resulted in a descent. Recovery was attempted but the helicopter was not able to climb before it impacted trees and the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25126
- Reported as
- Bell-Moore 47G-2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- H276
- Airframe hours
- 1,760
- Engine
- Lycoming VO435-A1F, 275 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- B & S Flying Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 10, 1990 · 60 hours before
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23,000 total · 12,000 in this make and model · 22,000 as pilot in command · 160 in the last 90 days · 130 in the last 30 days · 15 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.