- Date
- March 20, 1973
- Place
- Hanlontown, IA · HANLONTOWN, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N12412Bell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730320005549A
- Case key
- 170441
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0547 73/3/20 HANLONTOWN,IOWA BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 313 TIME - 0800 N12412 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 95 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HANLONTOWN,IOWA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 95 KIND OF OPERATION - SEEDING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - BELLY TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- SEEDING NEW HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY,ROTOR BLADE HIT SIGN POST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12412
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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 N12412 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MKC82DA159Accident · No injuriesFinal reportPalo, IAThe pilot reported that during flight at about 300 ft AGL, the engine sputtered and lost power. He entered an autorotation, turned into the wind, and landed in a bean field. As the aircraft descended into the beans, the spray boom became entangled in the…NTSB MKC76FCD60Accident · No injuriesClosedOskaloosa, IA