- Date
- March 6, 1965
- Place
- Lagrande, OR · LAGRANDE, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6784DBell 47G3
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179769
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0082 65/3/6 NR.LAGRANDE OREG BELL 47G3 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 761 TIME - 1135 N6784D PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 265 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT: SPRAY,DUSTING EQUIPMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 500 KIND OF OPERATION - SEEDING CROPS KIND OF CROP - PASTURE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -MOUNTAINOUS ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 3200 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RIGHT HOPPER MALFUNCTION/LATERAL IMBALANCE/NO EMERGENCY DUMP DEVICE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6784D
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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