- Date
- July 12, 1965
- Place
- Skene, MS · SKENE, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N73871Bell Tomcat
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177346
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0912 65/7/12 NR.SKENE MISS BELL TOMCAT CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 3650 TIME - 2000 N73871 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 650 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: STARTING SWATH RUN COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: FLAREOUT FOR SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: CYCLIC PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 2500 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - RICE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 135 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CYCLIC CNTROL DMPRS CLOGGED-O RING SEAL PARTCLES CAUSING SEVERE CYCLIC FEED BACK AND PLT DISTRACT @
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73871
- Reported as
- Bell Tomcat
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N73871Registration cancelled May 7, 2013 · Bell-Continental Copters 47G-ELTOMCAT MKIIAirframe modelBell-Continental Copters 47G-ELTOMCAT MKIIEngine modelFranklin 6A4200 series
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Other investigations on N73871 · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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