- Date
- November 23, 1968
- Place
- Rochester, MA · ROCHESTER, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N7815SBell 47G-5
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192069
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4913 68/11/23 ROCHESTER,MASS BELL 47G-5 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0745 N7815S PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 53, 14870 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 7972 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCHESTER,MASS ROCHESTER,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: CYCLIC PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED SYSTEMS - HYDRAULIC SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (LIQUID) KIND OF CROP - FRUIT ORCHARDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC 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 - SLING LOADED TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 53 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND REMARKS- CYCLIC LOCKED IN FULL RT POSITION DUE TO FAILURE OF SHAFT TO CYL SERVO VALVE.CRASHED FROM A HOVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7815S
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-5
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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