Bell 47G-2 N5193B

Summary

On 25 September 2002 at about 19:12 local time, a Bell 47G-2 registered N5193B, operated by Ag Copters Inc., was involved in an accident near Edmondson, Arkansas, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

25 September 2002 at 19:12

Classification

Accident

Location

Edmondson, Arkansas, United States

Coordinates

35.0817, -90.3019

Aircraft

Bell 47G-2

Registration

N5193B

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Ag Copters Inc.

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Edmondson → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW02LA264

1 person died.

The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the high voltage power lines.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.