- Date
- July 17, 1967
- Place
- Palisades, WA · PALISADES, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3794GBell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115955
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0956 67/7/17 PALISADES,WASH BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0415 N3794G PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 27, 2700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 200 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB ROLL OVER TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - NOT AVAILABLE COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING REMARKS- SPRAY BOOM STRUCK IRRIGATION PIPE,10 IN HIGH,HIDDEN IN WEEDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3794G
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3794GRegistration cancelled Aug 13, 2013 · Bell 47G-3BAirframe modelBell 47G-3BEngine modelLycoming TVO-435-GIA
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Other investigations on N3794G · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.