- Date
- September 10, 1975
- Place
- Cosme, FL · COSME, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N94475Sikorsky CH19E
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750910041289A
- Case key
- 151355
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4097 75/9/10 COSME,FL SIKORSKY CH19E CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 5600 TIME - 1138 N94475 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 78 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COSME,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 78 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - PASTURE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - BELLY TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 50 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND REMARKS- MAIN ROTOR BLADE STRUCK SPRAY BOOM.CAUSE OF BLADE FLAPPING DWN WAS NOT DTMND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94475
- Reported as
- Sikorsky CH19E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N94475 · 2
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