- Date
- August 31, 1964
- Place
- Stuttgart, AR · STUTTGART, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9168RBell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report December 23, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182633
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0620 64/8/31 STUTTGART ARK BELL 47G CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 5000 TIME - 1420 N9168R PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: TAIL ROTOR BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 200 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - BEANS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 200 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - SECOND 1/3 TURN REMARKS- TAIL ROTOR BLADE SEPARATED INFLIGHT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9168R
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9168RRegistration cancelled May 21, 2015 · Bell-Continental Copters 47G-ELTOMCAT MKIIAirframe modelBell-Continental Copters 47G-ELTOMCAT MKIIEngine modelFranklin 6A&6V335 series
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Other investigations on N9168R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.