Bell OH13H N9001T
2 March 1979 · Shafter, California, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 2 March 1979 at about 00:10 local time, a Bell OH13H registered N9001T, operated by Shafter AVN., was involved in an accident during in flight near Shafter, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 00:10
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Shafter, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Shafter
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell OH13H
- Registration
- N9001T
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Shafter AVN.
- Operating rule
- Aerial Applicator
- Purpose of flight
- Crop Control Related Flight
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- S → S
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-0478
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 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
FROST CONTROL OPERATION
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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