- Date
- January 7, 1966
- Place
- Winter Garden, FL · WINTER GARDEN, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N17HBell 47D1
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174491
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0002 66/1/7 NR.WINTER GARDEN FLA BELL 47D1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 4350 TIME - 0955 N17H PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 1330 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-CLOGGED SPRAY TANK EQUALIZER TUBE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 273 KIND OF OPERATION - OTHER KIND OF CROP - FRUIT ORCHARDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - NOT AVAILABLE COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -DENSE WITH TREES ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 103 REMARKS- 400 LBS OF SPRAY IN LEFT TANK NONE IN RIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17H
- Reported as
- Bell 47D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage