- Date
- May 5, 1969
- Place
- Geneseo, NY · GENESEO, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1273Bell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175276
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1833 69/5/5 GENESEO,NY BELL 47G CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1128 N1273 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 43, 965 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 126 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GENESEO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: RETURN TO STRIP PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (LIQUID) KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 600 FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FERTILIZING PLOWED FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1273
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Geneseo
N1273Registration cancelled Aug 27, 2013 · Bell-Faulkenberry 47-GAirframe modelBell-Faulkenberry 47-GEngine modelFranklin 6V4 series
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Other investigations on N1273 · 2
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