- Date
- September 13, 1982, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Madison, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1151WBell 47G4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820913045699A
- Case key
- 71537
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The eng did not respond when power was added beginning a swath run. The plt hit the dump button to jettison the load & collided with the ground. Eng teardown revealed no evidence of failure or malfunction prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1151W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G4
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 3328
- Airframe hours
- 3,088
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-540-B1B3, 280 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Stephen R. Stout
- Registered owner
- Stephen R. Stout
- Departed
- Madison, FL
- Destination
- Madison, FL
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,960 total · 62 in this make and model · 1,960 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 190 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1151W · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.