Accident Bell 47G-5 N8593F, Friday 6 July 1979
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Date:Friday 6 July 1979
Time:07:45
Type:Silhouette image of generic B47G model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bell 47G-5
Owner/operator:Island Helicop
Registration: N8593F
MSN: 7820
Year of manufacture:1966
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Jamesport, NY -   United States of America
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Agricultural
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
struck upper guy wire to an environmental testing twr.Spraying bravo,euradane,thiodane.

Accident investigation:
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: NYC79FHJ21
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 8 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Feb-2008 12:00 ASN archive Added
19-Aug-2014 14:03 A.J.Scholten Updated [Cn, ]

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