- Date
- May 17, 1967
- Place
- West Grove, PA · WEST GROVE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N138BBell 47D1
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116782
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0214 67/5/17 WEST GROVE,PA BELL 47D1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 1221 TIME - 0930 N138B PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 103 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW LONDON PA. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 20 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 500 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- AS PLT WAS CHECKING SPRAY BOOM GROUND CLEARANCE MAIN ROTOR BLADE STRUCK TREE LIMB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N138B
- Reported as
- Bell 47D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- New London Pa.
N138BRegistration cancelled Jun 14, 2012 · Bell 47B3Airframe modelBell 47B3Engine modelFranklin 6V4 series
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Other investigations on N138B · 1
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