Bell 47J2 accidents

The NTSB database holds 23 accidents and incidents involving the Bell 47J2, recorded between 1964 to 1992. 5 of them were fatal (22%), and 10 people died.

The deadliest year was 1964, with 4 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (13 records).

Most of these records are from United States.

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

Records

Fatal

Deaths

22%

Share fatal

1964 to 1992

Period

Show these on the map 0 of 23 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 17

1970s 3

1980s 2

1990s 1

Where these happened

United States 22

Operators involved

Arctic Air SER 1 Helicabs Inc 1 Rotor-Aids OFF 1 Hel-Aire Copte 1 Mass HEL Alins 1 Lambert Enterp 1

All 23 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
29 Jul 1992	Bell 47J2 N8476E	Adjuntas no coordinates	Western Helicopters, Inc.	Fatal	4
7 Dec 1964	Bell 47J2 N73229	Venice la, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
28 Mar 1965	Bell 47J2 N73215	Boston Mass, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Mass Heli A.l.	Fatal	1
9 Jan 1965	Bell 47J2 N73253	Morgan City la, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
27 Nov 1964	Bell 47J2 N7396A	Los Angeles Calif, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
25 Jun 1988	Bell 47J2 N51711	Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Plum Island Flying Service	Serious injuries	-
13 Jul 1980	Bell 47J2 N4989T	Cleveland, Ohio, United States no coordinates	Cleveland Air	No injuries	-
17 May 1979	Bell 47J2 N51711	Westfield, Indiana, United States no coordinates	Lambert Enterp	No injuries	-
14 May 1971	Bell 47J2 N8467E	New York, New York, United States no coordinates	Hel-Aire Copte	No injuries	-
10 Apr 1971	Bell 47J2 N73921	Sta Barbara, California, United States no coordinates	Rotor-Aids OFF	Minor injuries	-
28 Jun 1966	Bell 47J2 N6775D	Torrance Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Helicabs Inc	No injuries	-
13 Aug 1965	Bell 47J2 N73922	Seldovia Alas, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Arctic Air SER	Serious injuries	-
6 Jun 1965	Bell 47J2 N8438E	Willits Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Rick Helicopte	No injuries	-
22 May 1965	Bell 47J2 N253PH	Grand Forks N Dak, North Dakota, United States no coordinates	Panhandle Avia	Serious injuries	-
12 Jan 1965	Bell 47J2 N513T	Venice la, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
22 Dec 1964	Bell 47J2 N73216	Philadelphia Pa, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
22 Oct 1964	Bell 47J2 N73923	Kimball Nebr, Nebraska, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
29 Jun 1964	Bell 47J2 N8499E	Waltham Mass, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Mass HEL Alins	No injuries	-
10 Jun 1964	Bell 47J2 N73902	Refugio Tex, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
18 Mar 1964	Bell 47J2 N8439E	Sedalia Mo, Missouri, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
16 Mar 1964	Bell 47J2 N73272	Los Angeles Calif, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
15 Mar 1964	Bell 47J2 N73945	Tell City Ind, Indiana, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
4 Mar 1964	Bell 47J2 N8497E	Nikishika Alas, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-