# Accident 19730510011989A: Bell 47G2, King City, CA, May 10, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1973
- Place: King City, CA
- Airport: Mesa Del Rey
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 36.2286° N, 121.1213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MESA DEL REY (KIC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2286&lon=-121.1213&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2889B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2889B-1991-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-2 (registry code 1181008, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,812 total, 375 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73DVM32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVM32) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730510011989A

## Narrative

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

HIT TONGUE OF FARM IMPLEMENT.

## 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 OAK73DVM32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVM32), May 10, 1973: Bell 47G-2A (N2889B), King City, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2889B (1)

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

- [Accident 19740724022999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740724022999A), Jul 24, 1974: Bell 47G2 (N2889B), Gonzales, CA, Destroyed. Hit pwr pole.

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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