- Date
- September 11, 1974
- Place
- Ruff, WA · RUFF, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3794GBell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740911028499A
- Case key
- 136772
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2881 74/9/11 RUFF,WASH BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 4134 TIME - 1400 N3794G PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 230 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 210 KIND OF OPERATION - DEFOLIATION (LIQUID) KIND OF CROP - CLOVER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 1200 ROLLING SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UPWIND
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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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3794G · 3
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