- Date
- June 18, 1973
- Place
- Newberry, FL · NEWBERRY, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2214WBell 47G-5
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730618018999A
- Case key
- 189986
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2069 73/6/18 NEWBERRY,FLA BELL 47G-5 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 3384 TIME - 1500 N2214W PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 595 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWBERRY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWBERRY,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 460 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC 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 - 85 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UPWIND REMARKS- M/R BLADES HIT TREE. SPRAYING WATERMELONS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2214W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-5
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Newberry
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Other investigations on N2214W · 1
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