- Date
- May 8, 1964
- Place
- Glendora, CA · GLENDORA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5193BBell 47G2
- Status
- Completed · report November 25, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185063
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0451 64/5/8 NR.GLENDORA CALIF BELL 47G2 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0600 N5193B PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 43, 7000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1350 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: PULLUP FROM SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS MISC-OBSCURED NATURE OF THE OBSTRUCTION. SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 300 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING FORESTS KIND OF CROP - FOREST-TREES TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - NOT AVAILABLE COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -MOUNTAINOUS ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 2550 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5193B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5193BRegistration cancelled Mar 3, 2008 · Bell 47G-2Airframe modelBell 47G-2Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N5193B · 6
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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