- Date
- August 27, 1971
- Place
- Mt Olive, MS · MT OLIVE, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2794ABell 47D-1
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163121
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3169 71/8/27 MT OLIVE,MISS BELL 47D-1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 3500 TIME - 1140 N2794A PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 1303 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MT OLIVE,MISS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: PULLUP FROM SWATH RUN HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1300 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 290 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - FIRST 1/3 TURN REMARKS- ALT TOO LOW FOR PROPER RCVRY FM AUTOROTATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2794A
- Reported as
- Bell 47D-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2794ARegistration cancelled Aug 27, 2012 · Bell 47D1Airframe modelBell 47D1Engine modelFranklin 6VS-335 series
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.
Other investigations on N2794A · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.