- Date
- June 15, 1966
- Place
- Maple Plain, MN · MAPLE PLAIN, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4252ABell 47D1
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171598
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0531 66/6/15 MAPLE PLAIN MINN BELL 47D1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0930 N4252A PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION 30, 1221 TOTAL HOURS, 319 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION ROTOCFT-LFT SKID STRUCK EARTH HUMMOCK AFTER TDOWN. COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 25 KIND OF OPERATION - OTHER KIND OF CROP - MOSQUITO CONTROL 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 -SWAMPY/WATER ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 1000 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - DOWNWIND PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - SECOND 1/3 TURN REMARKS- PLT SPRAYING DIESEL OIL FOR MOSQUITO CONTROL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4252A
- Reported as
- Bell 47D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N4252ARegistration cancelled Mar 15, 2017 · Bell 47D1Airframe modelBell 47D1Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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Other investigations on N4252A · 1
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