ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 45412
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| Date: | Wednesday 25 September 2002 |
| Time: | 14:12 |
| Type: |  Bell 47G-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Ag Copters Inc. |
| Registration: | N5193B |
| MSN: | 2174 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6931 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming VO-435-A1D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Edmondson, AR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Edmondson, AR |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The 5,450-hour commercial pilot had completed an aerial application on a cotton field, and was en route to the staging area when one of helicopter's main rotor blades contacted a wire as the pilot attempted to fly under a set of high voltage power lines. The helicopter impacted soft terrain, became inverted adjacent to the power lines where a post impact fire consumed most of the helicopter.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the high voltage power lines.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20021001X05251&key=1
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 September 1968 | N5193B | Van Nuys Helicopter | 2 | Hollywood, CA | |
w/o |
| 8 June 1970 | N5193B | Danbury Copter | 0 | Danbury, CT | |
sub |
| 3 October 1994 | N5193B | Fostaire Helicopters | 0 | Decatur, IL | |
sub |
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2008 00:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 09-Dec-2017 17:48 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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