- Date
- July 5, 1969
- Place
- Hampton, TN · HAMPTON, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7841SBell 47G-5
- Status
- Completed · report September 2, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168568
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2163 69/7/5 HAMPTON,TENN BELL 47G-5 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1940 N7841S PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 37, 3152 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 366 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOAD NOT JETTISONED SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 300 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING FORESTS KIND OF CROP - FOREST-TREES TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -MOUNTAINOUS ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 2900 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- ACFT SETTLED DUE TO LOSS OF ROTOR RPM. AIR SPEED TOO SLOW,HEAVILY LOADED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7841S
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-5
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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Other investigations on N7841S · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI82DA171Accident · Minor injuriesFinal reportSublette, ILPrior to this flight, the helicopter had been flown about 1 hr from roselle to Sublette, IL, then it was flown another 1/2 hr to survey the area to be sprayed. About 10 minutes after departing to spray, the engine lost power. The pilot started an autorotative…NTSB MIA70FLA11Accident · Minor injuriesClosedJasper, FLNTSB DIA68D0204Accident · No injuriesClosedAsheville, NC