- Date
- September 9, 1964
- Place
- Earlimart, CA · EARLIMART, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2874BBell 47G2
- Status
- Completed · report January 21, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182703
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0728 64/9/9 NR.EARLIMART CALIF BELL 47G2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 650 TIME - 0828 N2874B PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 400 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC 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 ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 300 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND REMARKS- PILOT DID NOT ASSURE LOADING HOSE WAS REMOVED AND LOADER DID NOT REMOVE IT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2874B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N2874B · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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