- Date
- June 19, 1966
- Place
- Cranbury, NJ · CRANBURY, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8458EBell 47G-2A
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171686
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0538 66/6/19 CRANBURY NJ BELL 47G-2A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1115 N8458E PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 35, 3500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2300 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - APPLEGARTH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LATERAL IMBALANCE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1200 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - POTATOES 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 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - THIRD 1/3 TURN REMARKS- PLT MADE RT.DESCENDING TURN.ACFT WOULD NOT RECVR. THICK SPRAY MATERIAL IN SIDE TANKS NOT EQUALIZED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8458E
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Applegarth
N8458ERegistration cancelled Oct 20, 2017 · Bell 47G-2AAirframe modelBell 47G-2AEngine modelLycoming VO-435 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N8458E · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.