- Date
- April 21, 1976
- Place
- Palouse, WA · PALOUSE, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2240WBell 47G-3B
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760421009909A
- Case key
- 153657
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1911 76/4/21 PALOUSE,WA BELL 47G-3B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1710 N2240W PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 28, 3773 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1754 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PERKINS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALOUSE,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 3773 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 2500 FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ROLLED LEFT AND AFT AFTER LIFTOFF.DESTROYED BY FIRE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2240W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-3B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Perkins
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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.