- Date
- June 19, 1984, 20:45 local (Jun 20, 1984, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Cranbury, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9398HBell 47J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840619032819A
- Case key
- 35696
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The helicopter had made 4 successful spray passes during this series of runs after reloading. During the turn to start the fifth pass the acft started to settle and contacted the ground before recovery could be made.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9398H
- Reported as
- Bell 47J
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- MK6C
- Airframe hours
- 792
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-43A17, 280 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Cardoba Helicopters, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 7, 1984 · 60 hours before
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 10,079 total · 471 in this make and model · 9,143 as pilot in command · 77 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 230° at 2 knots, gusting 3
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.