# NTSB Accident LAX01LA196
> **Bell 47G-4A** · 2001-05-31 · Buttonwillow, CA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX01LA196
- **Event ID:** 20010601X01052
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-05-31
- **Location:** Buttonwillow, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.429222, -119.489814
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Bell
- **Model:** 47G-4A
- **Registration:** N110DT
- **FAR Part:** 137
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning that resulted in settling with power during an aerial application turn-to-reverse direction and collision with the ground.  Factors were high density altitude and a wind shift.

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