- Date
- June 5, 1988, 06:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place
- Oceano, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1316XBell 47G5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880605017839A
- Case key
- 25774
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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.
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Object - poleFactor
Clearance - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1316X
- Reported as
- Bell 47G5
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 7827
- Airframe hours
- 5,970
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-435, 265 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Sinton, Jack, doing business as Sinton Cropdusting
- Registered owner
- Mark A English
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 24, 1988 · 44 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
- 67
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 30,000 total · 350 in this make and model · 30,000 as pilot in command · 148 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SMX, 10 nm away
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 N1316X · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX86FVA11Accident · Serious injuriesFinal reportPorterville, CADuring an aerial application flight the plt lost control of the helicopter and collided with a building. Examination revealed that the inside diameter of the tail rotor driveshaft was not coated with aluminized lacquer as required by the Bell finish process…NTSB LAX85LVA03Accident · Minor injuriesFinal reportLindsay, CAThe acft made a forced landing in a beet field following a noise in the eng or transmission. After he heard a noise the plt auto-rotated and during the hard landing the acft was damaged.NTSB OAK75DVA51Accident · No injuriesClosedPorterville, CA