- Date
- July 5, 1972
- Place
- Miesville, MN · MIESVILLE, MN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7840SEL Tomcat MK6B
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166579
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1156 72/7/5 MIESVILLE,MINN EL TOMCAT MK6B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1820 N7840S PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY 32, 4749 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1920 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIESVILLE,MINN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUNNING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNAPPROVED MODIFICATION SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 2060 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - PEAS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC 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 -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 960 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- AG-SPRAY KIT INSTLD-COPTER NOT EQPD WITH SYN ELEV CTL.PLT UN RCVR FM NOSE LOW ATTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7840S
- Reported as
- EL Tomcat MK6B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7840SRegistration cancelled Mar 6, 2018 · Bell 47G-5Airframe modelBell 47G-5Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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Other investigations on N7840S · 4
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