Bell 47G2A1 N73970

29 September 1973 · Little Rock, Arkansas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 29 September 1973 at about 17:00 local time, a Bell 47G2A1 registered N73970 was involved in an accident during in flight near Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 29 September 1973 at 17:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Nearest airport: State Fair Grnds
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47G2A1
Registration: N73970
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2776

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

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

PLT REMOVED HAND FROM COLLECTIVE TO ADJUST CARB HEAT, PITCH CHANGED, FOLLOWED BY LOSS OF ROTOR RPM.

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 3-2776, 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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7 Jun 1973	Bell 47G2A1 N1215W	Stickney, West Virginia, United States no coordinates	Penn Line Serv	Fatal	1
19 Jan 1972	Bell 47G2A1 N73907	Batavia, New York, United States no coordinates	Chesapeake & P	No injuries	-
18 Apr 1974	Bell 47G2A1 N73264	San Sabastian, Puerto Rico, United States no coordinates	Tropicopter In	Serious injuries	-
10 Aug 1974	Bell 47G2A1 N1215W	Layland, West Virginia, United States no coordinates	Campbell Air S	Serious injuries	-
18 May 1971	Bell 47G2A1 N73953	Berlin, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Copter, Inc.	No injuries	-
10 Aug 1971	Bell 47G2A1 N73989	Bellwood, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Chicago Helico	Fatal	2

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