- Date
- March 17, 1975
- Place
- Eddyville, IL · EDDYVILLE, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N972BBell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750317005139A
- Case key
- 147896
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0410 75/3/17 EDDYVILLE,IL BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 1063 TIME - 1710 N972B PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 654 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AG STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EDDYVILLE,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 400 KIND OF OPERATION - SEEDING CROPS KIND OF CROP - CLOVER 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 - BELLY TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 800 REMARKS- SETTLED,R SKID DUG INTO SOFT GND & BROKE OFF.ROLLED OVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N972B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ag Strip
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N972B · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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