# Accident 19730221003109A: Bell 47G3B1, Salt Lake City, UT, February 21, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 1973
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 40.7608° N, 111.8910° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salt Lake City, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7608&lon=-111.8910&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73972, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73972-2013-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-3B-1 (registry code 1181028, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-3b-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TVO-435-GIA (registry code 41526, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tvo-435-gia) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G3B1
- Reported engine: LYC
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,790 total, 300 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN73AD039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73AD039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730221003109A

## Narrative

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

FORCED TO LAND DOWN WIND AND DOWN SLOPE.BROKEN TIMING GEAR.

## 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 DEN73AD039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73AD039), Feb 21, 1973: Bell 47G3B1 (N73972), Salt Lake City, UT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N73972 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19740905040399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740905040399A), Sep 5, 1974: Bell 47G3B1 (N73972), Ogden, UT, Destroyed. Lost lateral cyclic control. Separation in shaft Bell PN47-725-853-5 due off ctr drilled hole.

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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