- Date
- January 13, 1978
- Place
- Castle Rock, WA · CASTLE ROCK, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N67HJBell 205A-1
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780113001919A
- Case key
- 143755
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0257 78/1/13 CASTLE ROCK,WA BELL 205A-1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 2808 TIME - 1130 N67HJ PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 2404 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONGVIEW,WA RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: EN ROUTE TO TREAT CROP COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - GLASSY WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOAD NOT JETTISONED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - FOREST-TREES TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SLING LOADED TERRAIN-TYPE -DENSE WITH TREES ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 1000
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67HJ
- Reported as
- Bell 205A-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N67HJRegistration cancelled Feb 6, 2003 · Bell 205A-1Airframe modelBell 205A-1Engine modelLycoming T-53 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N67HJ · 1
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