Bell 47G3B1 N665GD

10 January 1972 · Raton, New Mexico, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 10 January 1972 at about 08:25 local time, a Bell 47G3B1 registered N665GD was involved in an accident during in flight near Raton, New Mexico, United States. 2 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 10 January 1972 at 08:25
Classification: Accident
Location: Raton, New Mexico, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47G3B1
Registration: N665GD
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: State-Public Aircraft
Purpose of flight: Hunting
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0195

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	1	1	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

HELO HIT GND IN A TAIL LOW R BNK DURG TIGHT DNWND TURN.GUSTY WND & 7200FT MSL.

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 3-0195, 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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