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Date: | Friday 13 August 1999 |
Time: | 07:20 |
Type: | Bell 47G-2 |
Owner/operator: | AG Rotors Inc |
Registration: | C-FODS |
MSN: | 1281 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 3 nm E of Windsor, Ontario -
Canada
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Agricultural |
Departure airport: | Chatham, Ontario |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The Bell 47-G2 helicopter, serial number 1281, was engaged in an aerial crop spraying operation when one of the main rotor blades separated from the rotor hub in flight. The pilot could not control the helicopter; it struck the ground and burst into flames in the field the pilot was spraying. The pilot, with serious injuries, was rescued from the burning helicopter by persons passing by on a road adjacent to the accident site.
The accident occurred at 0720 eastern daylight time, during daylight hours, at an elevation of 622 feet above sea level.
Sources:
http://www.bellhelicopter.com/MungoBlobs/802/70/potential.pdf http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=1961
http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/1998/a98o0214/a98o0214.asp
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Sep-2008 01:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
19-Oct-2011 20:16 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Country, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
19-Oct-2011 20:40 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
19-Oct-2011 20:43 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [[Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]] |
20-Oct-2011 12:00 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |