- Date
- July 23, 1969
- Place
- Largo, FL · LARGO, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N4041GBell 47G-5
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161078
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3250 69/7/23 LARGO,FLA BELL 47G-5 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 6686 TIME - 1330 N4041G PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 3542 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LARGO,FLA LARGO,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: OTHER SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - OTHER KIND OF CROP - MOSQUITO CONTROL 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 - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- AFTER FILLING HOPPER,HELPER LEFT HOSE LYING ACROSS SPRAY BOOM. ACFT CRASHED FROM ABOUT 10FT ON T/O
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4041G
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-5
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N4041GRegistration cancelled Apr 6, 1976 · Bell 47G-5Airframe modelBell 47G-5Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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