Bell 47G3B1 accidents

The NTSB database holds 254 accidents and incidents involving the Bell 47G3B1, recorded between 1964 to 2002. 31 of them were fatal (12%), and 44 people died.

The deadliest year was 1969, with 8 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (120 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Other-Foreign Countries and Pacific Ocean North Latitudes.

239 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

254

Records

Fatal

Deaths

12%

Share fatal

1964 to 2002

Period

Show these on the map 15 of 254 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 122

1970s 105

1980s 18

1990s 8

2000s 1

Where these happened

United States 247 Other-Foreign Countries 2 Pacific Ocean North Latitudes 1 Asia 1 Canada 1 Africa 1

Operators involved

National Helic 12 Page Aircraft 8 Western Helico 8 Arizona Helico 7 Sky Choppers, I 7 United Helicop 6

All 254 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
16 Jun 1974	Bell 47G3B1 N7928S	Lima, Montana, United States no coordinates	Johnson Flying	No injuries	-
4 Jun 1974	Bell 47G3B1 N1135W	Stratford, Washington, United States no coordinates	U.s.geodetic S	No injuries	-
9 May 1974	Bell 47G3B1 N73212	Lone Pine, California, United States no coordinates	Western Heli.	Fatal	-
2 May 1974	Bell 47G3B1 N73932	Chelan, Washington, United States no coordinates	Cascade Helico	No injuries	-
14 Apr 1974	Bell 47G3B1 N1373X	Lebanon, Oregon, United States no coordinates	Corvallis Aero	No injuries	-
8 Apr 1974	Bell 47G3B1 N1325X	Forks, Washington, United States no coordinates	Johnson Flying	Minor injuries	-
25 Feb 1974	Bell 47G3B1 N1321X	Supai, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Grnd CYN Helic	No injuries	-
24 Feb 1974	Bell 47G3B1 N7936S	Conrad, Montana, United States no coordinates	Minuteman Avia	No injuries	-
25 Jan 1974	Bell 47G3B1 N11HV	Corpus Chrsti, Texas, United States no coordinates	Barnett Helico	No injuries	-
25 Jan 1974	Bell 47G3B1 N73239	Wells, Nevada, United States no coordinates	Reeder Flying	Minor injuries	-
13 Sep 1973	Bell 47G3B1 N73978	Pitkin, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Interwest Corp	No injuries	-
29 Jun 1973	Bell 47G3B1 N8465E	Belden, California, United States no coordinates	United Helicop	Minor injuries	-
12 Jun 1973	Bell 47G3B1 N8532F	Magna, Utah, United States no coordinates	Rocky Mountain	Minor injuries	-
9 Jun 1973	Bell 47G3B1 N1357X	Carbondale, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Sky Choppers I	No injuries	-
16 May 1973	Bell 47G3B1 N73946	Dayton, Montana, United States no coordinates	Johnson Flying	No injuries	-
21 Feb 1973	Bell 47G3B1 N73972	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States no coordinates	Hosking, RS	No injuries	-
18 Feb 1973	Bell 47G3B1 N73288	Gridley, California, United States no coordinates	Bowles Flying	No injuries	-
25 Dec 1972	Bell 47G3B1 N73212	Bishop, California, United States no coordinates	Western Helico	No injuries	-
3 Oct 1972	Bell 47G3B1 N1397X	Hayden, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Rocky Mountain	No injuries	-
8 Aug 1972	Bell 47G3B1 N8470E	Aiea, Hawaii, United States no coordinates	Hawaii Helicop	Minor injuries	-
11 Jul 1972	Bell 47G3B1 N8597F	Fairbanks, Alaska, United States no coordinates	U S Geological	Serious injuries	-
29 Jun 1972	Bell 47G3B1 N3096G	Springville, California, United States no coordinates	Shasta Helicop	No injuries	-
2 Jun 1972	Bell 47G3B1 N480MW	Uravan, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Interwest Corp	No injuries	-
24 Mar 1972	Bell 47G3B1 N1333X	Gila Bend, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Roberts Aircra	No injuries	-
2 Mar 1972	Bell 47G3B1 N1361X	Hollomn Afb, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Southwest Avia	Serious injuries	-
24 Feb 1972	Bell 47G3B1 N1332X	Brawley, California, United States no coordinates	Ag-Copters	Minor injuries	-
10 Jan 1972	Bell 47G3B1 N665GD	Raton, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
15 Dec 1971	Bell 47G3B1 N1382X	Hollomn Afb, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Southwest Avia	No injuries	-
27 Oct 1971	Bell 47G3B1 N1330X	Bharatpur, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	Arizona Helico	Minor injuries	-
13 Sep 1971	Bell 47G3B1 N73972	Sandy, Utah, United States no coordinates	Hoskins Helico	No injuries	-
31 Aug 1971	Bell 47G3B1 N1333X	Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Roberts Aircra	No injuries	-
13 Aug 1971	Bell 47G3B1 N73978	Minturn, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Sky Chopper	No injuries	-
20 Jul 1971	Bell 47G3B1 N1324X	Legrande, Oregon, United States no coordinates	Bill Knight	No injuries	-
14 Jun 1971	Bell 47G3B1 N73935	Bishop, California, United States no coordinates	James Marcus H	Minor injuries	-
7 Jun 1971	Bell 47G3B1 N1133W	Pacoima, California, United States no coordinates	La Co Fire DEP	No injuries	-
15 Mar 1971	Bell 47G3B1 N480MW	Durango, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Sky Choppers I	No injuries	-
9 Jan 1971	Bell 47G3B1 N73957	Runing Spgs, California, United States no coordinates	National Helic	No injuries	-
20 Nov 1970	Bell 47G3B1 N612	Page, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Bur.of Reclama	No injuries	-
19 Nov 1970	Bell 47G3B1 N7901S	Grant Cove, California, United States no coordinates	Shasta Helicop	No injuries	-
2 Sep 1970	Bell 47G3B1 N3097G	Colville, Washington, United States no coordinates	Intermountain	Minor injuries	-
31 Aug 1970	Bell 47G3B1 N1373X	Holloman Ab, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Southwest Avia	No injuries	-
17 Aug 1970	Bell 47G3B1 N7829S	Kernville, California, United States no coordinates	United Helicop	No injuries	-
7 Aug 1970	Bell 47G3B1 N1182W	Diablo, Washington, United States no coordinates	Alpine Helicop	Minor injuries	-
13 Jul 1970	Bell 47G3B1 N1358X	Elfrida, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Western Helico	No injuries	-
21 May 1970	Bell 47G3B1 N337RH	Reno, Nevada, United States no coordinates	Pine Belt Heli	No injuries	-
3 May 1970	Bell 47G3B1 N73940	Cove, Oregon, United States no coordinates	Rambling Rotor	No injuries	-
5 Nov 1969	Bell 47G3B1 N614	Parker, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Dept of Interi	No injuries	-
7 Oct 1969	Bell 47G3B1 N3096G	Bishop, California, United States no coordinates	Shasta Helicop	No injuries	-
18 Aug 1969	Bell 47G3B1 N1383X	Bingham, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Page Aircraft	No injuries	-
4 Aug 1969	Bell 47G3B1 N73249	Hemingford, Nebraska, United States no coordinates	Ralph Uhklen	No injuries	-