- Date
- March 6, 1986, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Stockton, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6727DBell 47G-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860306005749A
- Case key
- 24973
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid
Airspeed - misjudgedCause
Low pass - performedCause
Terrain condition - softFactor
Terrain condition - wetFactor
Loss of control - in flight
In flight collision with terrain/water
Roll over
Analysis
The pilot was making a slow pass and dragged one spray boom on the ground. Insufficient airspeed resulted in loss of control. Helicopter crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6727D
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2226
- Airframe hours
- 8,075
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-435-A1F, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Valley Helicopters
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 24, 1986 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- Stockton, CA
N6727DRegistration cancelled Jun 8, 2007 · Bell 47G-2Airframe modelBell 47G-2Engine 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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 700 total · 500 in this make and model · 700 as pilot in command · 85 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N6727D · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.