- Date
- November 10, 1965
- Place
- Bells Station, CA · BELLS STATION, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N68632Bell 47D1
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174885
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0850 65/11/10 NR.BELLS STATION CAL BELL 47D1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1200 N68632 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 45, 4305 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1300 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER STATIC: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-INADVERTENTLY MOVED COLLECTIVE CONTROL LEVER PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LEFT AIRCRAFT UNATTENDED, ENGINE RUNNING SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 350 KIND OF OPERATION - SEEDING FORESTS KIND OF CROP - PASTURE PILOT' S SEAT BELT -NOT FASTENED GLOVES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - AFT OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -MOUNTAINOUS ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 2200 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- PILOT BUMPED COLLECTIVE-DEPLANING WITH ENG OPRTG
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68632
- Reported as
- Bell 47D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N68632Registration cancelled May 2, 2013 · Bell 47D1Airframe modelBell 47D1Engine modelFranklin 6VS-335 series
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