- Date
- February 23, 1984, 16:00 local (Feb 24, 1984, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dixon, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9017NBell 47-G4A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840223004939A
- Case key
- 24181
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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 acft crashed during a forced landing after the engine quit. The plt stated that, 'three minutes into the crop dusting mission the engine quit and he suspected fuel mismanagement.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9017N
- Reported as
- Bell 47-G4A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Airframe hours
- 4
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-540-B1B3, 280 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Sky Ag Services
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 25, 1984 · 5,831 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,972 total · 743 in this make and model · 1,871 as pilot in command · 64 in the last 90 days · 64 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °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 N9017N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.