- Date
- July 15, 1966
- Place
- St.Paul, MN · ST.PAUL, MN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2820BBell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report May 4, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122512
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0941 66/7/15 ST.PAUL MINN BELL 47G-2 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 1271 TIME - 1315 N2820B PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 369 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WOLD CHAMBERLAIN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: POWER-ON DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 75 KIND OF OPERATION - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FAILED ON IMPACT GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- MOSQUITO CONTROL-SPRAYING SEVIN ON SWAMP. PILOT-SUSPECTED IMPAIRMENT BY TOXIC SUBSTANCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2820B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wold Chamberlain
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Other investigations on N2820B · 2
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