# Accident 19730326006769A: Bell 47J2, Minneapolis, MN, March 26, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1973
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Vertical (Helicopter Only)
- Location: 44.9800° N, 93.2638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minneapolis, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9800&lon=-93.2638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8482E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47J2
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,678 total, 109 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC73AK058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73AK058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730326006769A

## Narrative

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

SETTLED INTO GRND WITH PWR.

## 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 MKC73AK058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73AK058), Mar 26, 1973: Bell 47J-2 (N8482E), Minneapolis, MN, destroyed

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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