Pilot heard a change in the engine pitch and managed an emergency landing before the helicopter burst into flames. Agricultural ops
Tags: Agriculural, B47, Bell, Civil, Safety, South Africa
Hit powerlines (note, reg assumed correct but FAA accident report states it is a 47J whereas register and MSN suggest G5A)
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, Safety, US-California
Crash into forest area killed pilot Thomas Slocum, 49, and injured passenger Matt Williams, 28
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Safety, US-Michigan
Tail rotor contacted crop during agricultural operations, pilot lost control and helicopter crashed. Aircraft destroyed.
Tags: Agricultural, B47, Bell, Civil, Martinique, Safety
Emergency landing after loss of engine power while on agricultural operations
Tags: Agricultural, B47, Bell, Civil, Martinique, Safety
Force landed and tipped over
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, Safety, US-South Dakota
Struck wires
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, Mid-Michigan Helicopter, Safety, US-Michigan
Field landing after wire strike
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, Safety, US-Pennsylvania
Loss of engine power at low level while crop spraying. Badly damaged landing in the crop
Tags: Agricultural, B47, Bell, Civil, Guadeloupe, Safety
Kevin C. Rossan, 35, from Troy, Mich., was transported to the King’s Daughters Hospital in Madison after his Bell 47 crashed in a field while on spraying operations after the main blades came into contact with the ground. Helicopter ended upright, but badly damaged (see photo)
Tags: Agricultural, B47, Bell, Civil, Helicopter Applicators, Safety, US-Indiana
Tail separated during agricultural flight
Tags: Agricultural, B47, Bell, Civil, Safety, Scotts Helicopter Service, US-Minnesota
Main blades contacted tail boom during agricultural operations
Tags: Agricultural, B47, Bell, Civil, Custom Air, Safety, US-Iowa
Helicopter on agricultural operations crashed in a banana field. Pilot got out OK and then helicopter caught fire and burnt out.
Tags: Agricultural, B47, Bell, Civil, Martinique, Safety
Struck powerlines during agricultural operations, crashed and burnt out killing the pilot - Luke Chassery
Tags: Agricultural, B47, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Martinique, Safety
Crashed in open, flat field during agricultural ops
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, Safety, US-California
Hard landing
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, US-California
The Madera County Sheriff's Department and Cal Fire as well as paramedics are on scene of a downed private helicopter. 2 POB to hospital, one by road, one by air
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, US-California
Struck powerline during agricultural ops
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, US-California
Crashed in orchard during agricultural ops
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, US-California
Force landed; damage unknown
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, Scotts Helicopter Service, US-Iowa
Wire strike during agricultural ops. 25 year old pilot Joseph Sailer of Shakopee Minnesota never saw the power line across the corn field. Press reported operated by Northland Helicopters but helicopter is registered to Scotts Helicopter Service
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, Northland Helicopters, US-Iowa
Crashed on take off
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, US-California
Crop dusting accident. Pilot Matt Aubuchon was not hurt.
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, Scotts Helicopter Service, US-Minnesota
The pilot was landing the helicopter on a helicopter cart. He said that the helicopter's skid got caught on the cart and the helicopter subsequently rolled over. There were no mechanical malfunctions with the helicopter during the flight. The helicopter sustained substantial damage to its tailboom when it rolled.
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, US-Illinois
Helicopter owner Frank Gomes said he had finished spraying the field and had turned the crop duster over to his apprentice for a practice run. "The practice didn't go all that well today," Gomes said, declining to comment further.
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, Gomes Farm Air Service, US-California
Main rotor blades severed tail boom during take-off
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, US-Missouri
Tourist flight. Pilot claimed to have been caught in a wind vortex. Helicopter Destroyed
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, France
Pilot Kevin Rossan, 35, works for Scott's Helicopter Services of LeSeuer, Minn., and was contracted by the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District to spray for mosquitoes. Pilot reported engine failure for sudden descent which ended 30-40 feet from the shore of a lake in 12-15 feet of water.
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, Scotts Helicopter Service, US-Minnesota
Crashed into field after take-off
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, US-Illinois
Tipped over onto its starboard side on take-off
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, US-California
This is a Texas Helicopters M74 conversion of a Bell 47
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, US-California
Badly damaged in a forced landing at a vineyard after hitting a tree whilst spraying
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, Germany, Heli Cargo Helicopter Service
