- Date
- June 28, 1980
- Place
- Stockton, CA · STOCKTON, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8594FBell 47G-5
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800628026119A
- Case key
- 129409
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1838 80/6/28 STOCKTON,CA BELL 47G-5 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0740 N8594F PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 33, 5000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 3000 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STOCKTON,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: ROLL-ON/RUN-ON PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - CORN TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 30 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8594F
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-5
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8594FRegistration cancelled Mar 7, 2013 · Bell 47G-5Airframe modelBell 47G-5Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8594F · 1
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