ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 342851
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| Date: | Thursday 13 August 1998 |
| Time: | 11:20 |
| Type: |  Bell 47G-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Agrotors, Inc. |
| Registration: | C-FODS |
| MSN: | |
| Year of manufacture: | 1964 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3½NM from Windsor Airport -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The helicopter departed Chatham, ON on a VFR flight to spray crops. It was cleared into the Windsor Airport control zone at 1109Z. At 1123Z, ambulance dispatch called Windsor tower to report that a helicopter had crashed and burned. One (1) S.O.B. -- leg injuries. Damage -- substantial. Pesticide (Dimethoate) was relatively benign. Supplemental information from T.S.B. Initial Notification (#A98O0214): The Bell 47G-2 helicopter was being used to spray insecticide on a bean field. Witnesses reported that as the helicopter began its second spray run, they saw parts of the main rotor separate from the helicopter. The helicopter then pitched nose down, crashed into the field and started to burn. The witnesses were able to rescue the pilot who was transported to hospital with serious injuries. One of the helicopter main rotor blades separated in flight.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
CADORS 1998O0579
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