- Date
- July 30, 1978
- Place
- Buena Vista, GA · BUENA VISTA, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7413FHughes 269C
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780730019429A
- Case key
- 140469
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1737 78/7/30 BUENA VISTA,GA HUGHES 269C CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 10252 TIME - 1400 N7413F PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 385 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUENA VISTA,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: CLEANUP SWATH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 7000 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 682 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7413F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7413FRegistration cancelled May 8, 2013 · Hughes 269CAirframe modelHughes 269CEngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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Other investigations on N7413F · 2
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