PELLA, IA, USA
N75273
BELL 47G
THE PURPOSE OF THE FLT WAS TO PROVEDE TRAINING IN AERIAL APPLICATION PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES FOR THE PLT/OWNER OF N75273. THE INSTRUCTOR PLT HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN THIS M/M AND WAS AT THE CONTROLS. HE WAS DEMONSTRATING A TURN AROUND AT THE END OF A SWATH RUN AND A RIGHT TURN WAS BEGUN. THE INSTRUCTOR SAID THE BANK STEEPENED AND DESPITE HIS USE O FULL LEFT LATERAL CYLIC CONTROL THE BANK STEEPEN TO NEARLY 90 DEG. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL AND THE HELICOPTER DESCENDED FROM THE TOP OF THE TURN, WHICH WAS 80-100 FT AGL, IN A RT BANK AT APPROX 30 KT UNTIL IT IMPACTED THE CROP.
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