- Date
- April 2, 1972
- Place
- Wasco, CA · WASCO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N153BBell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165634
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1021 72/4/2 WASCO,CALIF BELL 47G CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 873 TIME - 0730 N153B PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 545 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WASCO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WASCO,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 514 KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-TOXIC GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 458 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH POLE.DUSTING ROSES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N153B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wasco
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Other investigations on N153B · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CEN17LA264Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBig Lake, MNThe failure of the metal core assembly within a wooden main rotor blade due to undetected corrosion and fatigue, which caused the wooden blade to separate from the rotor mast.NTSB LAX70D0129Accident · No injuriesClosedShafter, CA