- Date
- July 5, 1973
- Place
- Salinas, CA · SALINAS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6728DBell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730705022019A
- Case key
- 188864
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3445 73/7/5 NR.SALINAS,CALIF BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, TIME - 0545 N6728D PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALINAS,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS SPECIAL DATA KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS
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
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
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 OAK67A0082Accident · No injuriesClosedKing City, CANTSB OAK66A0050Accident · No injuriesClosedGreenfield, CA