ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 134795
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Date: | Wednesday 25 May 2005 |
Time: | 08:00 |
Type: | Bell 47G-4A |
Owner/operator: | Inland Crop Dusters, Inc. |
Registration: | N110DT |
MSN: | 7631 |
Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
Total airframe hrs: | 10128 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming VO-540-B1B3 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Bakersfield, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Agricultural |
Departure airport: | Shafter, CA (KMIT) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The helicopter collided with power lines and crashed in a cotton field while conducting aerial application operations. The pilot completed his first pass from west to east across the north end of the potato field. As he came in for his second pass, the helicopter struck power lines that ran north and south along the west side of the potato field. The helicopter came down in an adjacent cotton field. The pilot said he saw the power lines just prior to striking them.
Probable Cause: the pilot's inadequate visual lookout and failure to maintain clearance from the power lines.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX05LA187 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB:
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20050601X00695&key=1
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Dec-2016 19:26 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
06-Dec-2017 08:12 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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