STOCKBRIDGE, MI, USA
N12087
BELL 47D1 (OH-13E)
THE PLT WAS SPRAYING AN ONION FIELD WHEN HE NOTED A VIBRATION, FOLLOWED BY A LOUD NOISE & SEVERE SHAKING OF THE HELICOPTER. HE ATTEMPTED A FORCED LANDING, BUT THE HELICOPTER WAS UNRESPONSIVE TO CYCLIC & COLLECTIVE INPUTS. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE RIGHT SKID DUG INTO THE GROUND & COLLAPSED DURING TOUCHDOWN, THEN THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES STRUCK THE GROUND. A POST ACDNT INSPN REVEALED THE BOLT, WHICH CONNECTED THE DRIVE LINK TO THE COLLECTIVE SCISSORS ARM, WAS MISSING.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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