- Date
- May 25, 1967
- Place
- King City, CA · KING CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6728DBell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116779
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0198 67/5/25 NR.KING CITY,CALIF BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 5403 TIME - 0600 N6728D PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 4953 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 5350 KIND OF OPERATION - DEFOLIATION (LIQUID) KIND OF CROP - MESQUITE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -MOUNTAINOUS REMARKS- PILOT INITIATED LIFT OFF WITH GROUND ATTACHED SPRAY TANK REFILLER HOSE STILL CONNECTED TO ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6728D
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6728DRegistration cancelled Oct 17, 2002 · Bell 47G-2Airframe modelBell 47G-2Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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.
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 OAK66A0050Accident · No injuriesClosedGreenfield, CA