ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 285854
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| Date: | Monday 14 July 2008 |
| Time: | 21:30 LT |
| Type: |  Bell 47G-3B-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Slykerman Ag Aviation, Inc. |
| Registration: | N1390X |
| MSN: | 6586 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming TVO-435 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Shafter, California -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Shafter, CA |
| Shafter, CA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that a few minutes after taking off for a nighttime agricultural spray flight over an alfalfa field, the ground illumination lights in his helicopter went out. At the time, he was descending and maneuvering close to the ground on a spray run. The pilot reported that he did not see the field before impacting it with the spray boom. The helicopter rolled over and was substantially damaged.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate altitude while maneuvering. Contributing factors were the failure of the helicopter's lights during the night flight and the effect of that failure on the pilot's visual perception.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX08CA229
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 May 1990 | N1390X | Highland Helicopter Service | 0 | Lake Wales, FL | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-Oct-2022 16:02 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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