- Date
- February 3, 1983, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Five Points, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4262YBell 47G4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830203002319A
- Case key
- 23419
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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
The pilot was on his final pass of the operation. He flew under 2 sets of wires but failed to see a third set. The spray boom caught on the the wire pitching the helicopter nose down. The main rotor hit the tail boom and the helicoptercrashed into a canal.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4262Y
- Reported as
- Bell 47G4
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 7674
- Airframe hours
- 7,071
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-540-B1B3, 280 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Agro-West
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · February 1, 1983 · 38 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,487 total · 240 in this make and model · 5,487 as pilot in command · 106 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F
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 N4262Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.