Bell 47G-2A N73219

5 August 1972 · Floyd, Virginia, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 5 August 1972 at about 07:38 local time, a Bell 47G-2A registered N73219 was involved in an accident during in flight near Floyd, Virginia, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 5 August 1972 at 07:38
Classification: Accident
Location: Floyd, Virginia, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47G-2A
Registration: N73219
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Aerial Application
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0847

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	0	0	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

PLT WAS SPRAYING LAND ALONG A POWER LINE.ROTORS HIT ANOTHER PWR LINE 90 DEG TO FLT PATH.CRASHED.

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 3-0847, 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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