- Date
- July 29, 1976
- Place
- Oskaloosa, IA · OSKALOOSA, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N12412Bell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760729021969A
- Case key
- 155715
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3016 76/7/29 OSKALOOSA,IA BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1545 N12412 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 37, 2291 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 387 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OSKALOOSA,IA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 2290 KIND OF OPERATION - FERRY KIND OF CROP - CORN TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 840 REMARKS- LOUD NOISE,LIKE A BACKFIRE,PRIOR TO PWR LOSS.
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 MKC73DCD52Accident · No injuriesClosedHanlontown, IA