Bell 47D1 N7737

6 August 1976 · Brewster, New York, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 6 August 1976 at about 17:52 local time, a Bell 47D1 registered N7737 was involved in an accident during in flight near Brewster, New York, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 6 August 1976 at 17:52
Classification: Accident
Location: Brewster, New York, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47D1
Registration: N7737
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Newburgh, Ny → Danbury, Ct
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2425

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

HELICOPTER AT LOW ALT OVR HIGHWAY EST AS 25FT AGL BFR WIRE STRIKE.

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 3-2425, 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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18 Aug 1976	Bell 47D1 N919B	Zion Grove, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Ag-Rotors Inc.	No injuries	-
24 Jul 1976	Bell 47D1 N29WL	Centre, Alabama, United States no coordinates	F&F Helicopter	No injuries	-

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