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Date: | Saturday 24 June 1989 |
Time: | 08:45 |
Type: | Bell 47G-2 |
Owner/operator: | Kermit D. Jones |
Registration: | N1161N |
MSN: | 42 |
Year of manufacture: | 1948 |
Total airframe hrs: | 9852 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING TVO-435 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Centralia, WA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Agricultural |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:
PROBABLE CAUSE:THE PILOT MISJUDGED HIS CLEARANCE OVER TREES, WHICH RESULTED IN AN IN-FLIGHT TAIL ROTOR STRIKE WITH THE TREES AND LOSS OF TAIL ROTOR CONTROL. THE TREES WERE A RELATED FACTOR.
Sources:
NTSB id 20001213X28684
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
5 February 1953 |
SE-HAC |
Svenska Skärgardsförbundet |
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Grisslehamn, Sweden |
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Dec-2016 19:25 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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