Bell 47G3B1 N73973

5 October 1966 · Janakpur Nepal, Asia · Fatal

Summary

On 5 October 1966 at about 14:15 local time, a Bell 47G3B1 registered N73973 was involved in an accident during in flight near Janakpur Nepal, Asia. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 5 October 1966 at 14:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Janakpur Nepal, Asia
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47G3B1
Registration: N73973
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Other
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0072

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	0	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 6-0072, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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14 Dec 1966	Bell 47G3B1 N8554F	Yachats Oreg, Oregon, United States no coordinates	U.s.dept.inter	No injuries	-
16 Dec 1966	Bell 47G3B1 N1362X	Holloman Ab N Mex, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Page Aircraft	Minor injuries	-
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Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
15 Aug 1966	Lockheed 749A N65	Tachikawa Japan, Asia no coordinates	Federal Aviati	No injuries	-
3 Aug 1966	Cessna 180 N3685C	Simunjan Sarawak, Asia no coordinates	Seventh Day AD	No injuries	-
23 Aug 1966	Bell 47G-3B N8547F	Rahgird Iran, Asia no coordinates	Teledyne Inc.	Fatal	1
24 Dec 1966	Bombardier CL-44 N228SW	Tourane, Asia no coordinates	Flying Tiger Line, Inc.	Fatal	4
30 Dec 1966	Douglas DC-7C N4059K	Saigon, Asia no coordinates	Airlift International, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
21 Aug 1967	Beechcraft C-45 N9475Z	Danang, Asia no coordinates	-	Fatal	4

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