Bell 47G-5A N4099G

Summary

On 1 August 1984 at about 12:30 local time, a Bell 47G-5A registered N4099G was involved in an accident near Winterhaven, California, 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.

Date

1 August 1984 at 12:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Winterhaven, California, United States

Coordinates

32.8707, -114.7204

Aircraft

Bell 47G-5A

Registration

N4099G

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Winterhaven → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

LAX84LA424

Nobody was injured.

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

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND DURING A TAKEOFF ATTEMPT. ACCORDING TO THE PLT, AFTER THE ACFT WAS LOADED WITH 60 GALLONS OF PESTICIDE A TAKEOFF WAS BEGUN. THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE AND TRAVELED ABOUT 300 FT WHEN THE PLT INADVERTANTLY ALLOWED THE ROTOR RPM TO DECAY AND THE ACFT DESCENDED. PRIOR TO IMPACT THE PLT TRIED TO REGAIN RPM BUT WAS UNABLE TO BEFORE THE LEFT SKID DUG INTO THE SOFT SOIL THE ACFT PITCHED FORWARD AND CAME TO REST UPRIGHT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.