Bell 47G4A N4088G

10 September 1971 · Shelbyville, Kentucky, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 10 September 1971 at about 18:50 local time, a Bell 47G4A registered N4088G, operated by KEN Lake Helic, was involved in an accident during in flight near Shelbyville, Kentucky, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 10 September 1971 at 18:50
Classification: Accident
Location: Shelbyville, Kentucky, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47G4A
Registration: N4088G
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: KEN Lake Helic
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Crop Control Related Flight
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3249

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	1	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

BOLT TO NR 6 CON ROD FAILED, ALT TOO LOW FOR PRPRRCVRY, CRASH LNDD IN CORN FLD.

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 3-3249, 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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