# Accident 19730102002269A: Bell 47G5, Corvallis, OR, January 2, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 1973
- Place: Corvallis, OR
- Airport: Corvallis
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 44.4969° N, 123.2895° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CORVALLIS MUNI (CVO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4969&lon=-123.2895&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1420 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,992 total, 627 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA73DYC16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA73DYC16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730102002269A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

No narrative was filed.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA73DYC16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA73DYC16), Jan 2, 1973: Bell 47G-5 (N1420), Corvallis, OR, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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