Those are some nice crop sprayers,his was nothing like that,it looked like the army had just got done with it and it was painted white by someone learning to paint.It looked good from 4 or 500 feet away,then you couldn't see where the oil was being blown down the side of it.
The snap ring on the transfer tube was fixed before he crashed,but on the day the snap ring was rattling around on the tube the a/c left his house and we went to work 40 or 50 miles from there.It was when we got back that we waited for a mechanic get off work and come out to fix it.
I think he tried to keep it in good flying condition because it was his own helicopter,but probably not as good as it should have been.The day the mechanic was there,I remember he took a broken de icer off and said he really didn't need that part.There are a few helicopter sprayers around here and they do seem to crash alot more than others,and that's not because they are running into stuff.
The pilot(Bill Cavanagh)broke his back,3 fingers,punctured lungs,broke ribs,and had a ripped Aorta.