- Date
- May 6, 1966
- Place
- Greenfield, CA · GREENFIELD, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6728DBeel 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172373
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0236 66/5/6 GREENFIELD CALIF BEEL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 5045 TIME - 0700 N6728D PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 3700 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: STARTING SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAPES 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 - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 400 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND REMARKS- DARK WIRES DIFFICULT TO SEE. NOT SEEN DURING AFRIAL SURVEY OF FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6728D
- Reported as
- Beel 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6728DRegistration cancelled Oct 17, 2002 · Bell 47G-2Airframe modelBell 47G-2Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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Other investigations on N6728D · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA87FA236Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportOpa Locka, FLA student plt & instructor (CFI) in Cessna 152, N48864, took off & entered rgt traffic to practice lndgs on rwy 9R. Soonthereafter, a helicopter plt (h/p) in a Bell 47G-2, N6728D, took off & entered rgt traffic to practice lndgs in a desig-nated helicopter…NTSB OAK74FVM01Accident · Minor injuriesClosedSalinas, CANTSB OAK67A0082Accident · No injuriesClosedKing City, CA