- Date
- October 22, 1964
- Place
- Battle Creek, MI · BATTLE CREEK, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8458EBell 47G2A
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184160
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0798 64/10/22 NR.BATTLE CREEK MICH BELL 47G2A CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 1366 TIME - 1210 N8458E PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 633 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 125 KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FAILED ON IMPACT GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 940 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8458E
- Reported as
- Bell 47G2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8458ERegistration cancelled Oct 20, 2017 · Bell 47G-2AAirframe modelBell 47G-2AEngine 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 N8458E · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.