# NTSB Accident SEA97TA023
> **Bell 47G-3B-1** · 1996-10-29 · FILLMORE, UT, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA97TA023
- **Event ID:** 20001208X06988
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-10-29
- **Location:** FILLMORE, UT, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.9593, -112.389106
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Bell
- **Model:** 47G-3B-1
- **Registration:** N3098G
- **FAR Part:** PUBU
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

inadequate procedure and inadequate monitoring by the pilot, the operator, and/or other personnel, which allowed one of three external cables to the seed bucket to become entangled with the right skid of the helicopter, resulting in an imbalance and loss of aircraft control as weight on the cable became effective.  Lack of air/ground communication between the pilot and ground crew personnel was a related factor.

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