- Date
- July 6, 1979
- Place
- Escondido, CA · ESCONDIDO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7914SBell 47G-5
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790706019289A
- Case key
- 135303
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2010 79/7/6 NR.ESCONDIDO,CA BELL 47G-5 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 2198 TIME - 0745 N7914S PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 1350 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VISTA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: POWER-ON DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 50 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 50 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - FERRY KIND OF CROP - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT REMARKS- COLLIDED W AVOCADO TREE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7914S
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-5
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7914SRegistration cancelled Mar 23, 2017 · Bell 47G-5Airframe modelBell 47G-5Engine modelLycoming VO-435 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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7914S · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.