Bell 47G-2 N7889B

14 July 1966 · Hinton W Va, West Virginia, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 14 July 1966 at about 13:45 local time, a Bell 47G-2 registered N7889B, operated by Inland Airline, was involved in an accident during in flight near Hinton W Va, West Virginia, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 14 July 1966 at 13:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Hinton W Va, West Virginia, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47G-2
Registration: N7889B
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Inland Airline
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Aerial Application
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 2-0655

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	1	0	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

SPRAYING POWER LINE RIGHT-OF-WAY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 2-0655, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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