- Date
- May 12, 1972
- Place
- Accord, MA · ACCORD, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N177BBell 47D
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166017
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1977 72/5/12 ACCORD,MASS BELL 47D CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0558 N177B PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 52, 16871 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 4271 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - S.WEYMOUTH NAS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ACCORD,MASS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: EN ROUTE TO RELOADING AREA COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 3872 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING FORESTS KIND OF CROP - FOREST-TREES TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - AFT OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -SWAMPY/WATER ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 160 DENSE WITH TREES SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM
Aircraft
- Registration
- N177B
- Reported as
- Bell 47D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- S.Weymouth Nas
N177BRegistration cancelled Nov 8, 2013 · Bell 47D1Airframe modelBell 47D1Engine modelFranklin 6V 350 series
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