Bell 47D1 N8282E

5 June 1973 · Dorena, Missouri, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 5 June 1973 at about 08:30 local time, a Bell 47D1 registered N8282E, operated by Larkins Bros H, was involved in an accident during in flight near Dorena, Missouri, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 5 June 1973 at 08:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Dorena, Missouri, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47D1
Registration: N8282E
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Larkins Bros H
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Aerial Application
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1491

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

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 FOR WEED CONTROL-NO CROPS INVOLVED.MAINROTOR RPMS TOO LOW UN SUSTAIN FLT.1HR CROP CTL.

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 3-1491, 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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