Type of Event | Accident |
Event Date | 7/20/2003 |
Event Day of the Week | Sunday |
Time of Event | 130 |
Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
Event City | Porterville |
Event State | CALIFORNIA |
Event Country | -- |
Zipcode of the event site | 93267 |
Event Date Year | 2003 |
Event Date Month | 7 |
MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
Event Location Latitude | 360754N |
Event Location Longitude | 1191254W |
Event Location Airport | -- |
Event Location Nearest Airport ID | -- |
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
Airport Elevation | -- |
Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
Time of the weather observation | 315 Pacific Daylight Time |
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 90 |
Weather Observation Facility ID | PVT |
Elevation of weather observation facility | 442 |
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 10 |
Time Zone of the weather observation | PDT |
Lighting Conditions | Night/Dark |
Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 24 |
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 15 |
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 140 |
Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
Wind Speed (knots) | 6 |
Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.91 |
Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
METAR weather report | -- |
Event Highest Injury | None |
On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
Injury Total Fatal | -- |
Injury Total Minor | -- |
Injury Total None | 1 |
Injury Total Serious | -- |
Injury Total All | -- |
Investigating Agency | NTSB |
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 16558 |
NTSB Notification Source | FAA |
NTSB Notification Date | Jul 20 2003 12:00AM |
NTSB Notification Time | 242 |
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | DMS |
Date of most recent change to record | Oct 28 2004 10:11AM |
User who most recently changed record | NTSB\MONR |
Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
FAA District Office | WP-FSDO Fresno, CA |
Aircraft Involved |
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Aircraft #1 |
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Aircraft Registration Number | N4774S |
NTSB Number | LAX03LA236 |
Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 137: Agricultural |
Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
Damage | Substantial |
Aircraft Fire | None |
Aircraft Explosion | None |
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Bell |
Aircraft Model | 47G-2A |
Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
Aircraft Serial Number | WAV182 |
Certified Max Gross Weight | 2850 |
Aircraft Category | Helicopter |
Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
Flight Crew Seats | -- |
Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
Passenger Seats | -- |
Total number of seats on the aircraft | -- |
Number of Engines | 1 |
Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
Date of Last Inspection | Jul 17 2002 12:00AM |
Airframe hours since last inspection | 78 |
Airframe Hours | 2800 |
ELT Installed | No |
ELT Activated | Unknown |
ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
ELT Type | -- |
Aircraft Owner Name | Sky Tech Corp. of Minnesota, Inc. |
Aircraft Owner Street Address | 42370 CO 14 Blvd. |
Aircraft Owner City | Kenyon |
Aircraft Owner State | MN |
Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 55946 |
Operator is an individual? | No |
Operator Name | JOHNS AERIAL SPRAYING |
Operator Same as Owner? | No |
Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
Operator Street Address | -- |
Operator City | Bakersfield |
Operator State | CA |
Operator Country | USA |
Operator Zip code | 93301 |
Operator Code | YL7G |
Owner has at least one certificate | -- |
Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Agriculture |
Operator Certificate Number | -- |
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Aerial Application |
Second Pilot on Board | No |
Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
Departure Airport Code | -- |
Departure City | Porterville |
Departure State | CA |
Departure Country | USA |
Departure Time | 0 |
Departure Time Zone | PDT |
Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
Destination Airport Code | -- |
Destination City | Porterville |
Destination State | CA |
Destination Country | USA |
Specific Phase of Flight | Maneuvering - aerial application |
Report sent to ICAO? | No |
Evacuation occurred | No |
Date of most recent change to record | Sep 22 2004 1:43PM |
User who most recently changed record | JOHB |
Since inspection or accident | Time of Accident |
Event Location Runway Number and Location | NA |
Runway Length | -- |
Runway Width | -- |
Sight Seeing flight | No |
Air Medical Flight | No |
Medical Flight | -- |