# Accident 19730525013889A: Bell 47G4A, Borger, TX, May 25, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1973
- Place: Borger, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 35.6594° N, 101.4024° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Borger, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6594&lon=-101.4024&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4062G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4062G-2013-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-4A (registry code 1181031, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-540 series (registry code 41534, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,577 total, 276 in this make and model, 108 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW73DQG40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DQG40) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730525013889A

## Narrative

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

DURING CATTLE ROUND UP TAIL ROTOR STRUCK SAND HILL.

## 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 FTW73DQG40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DQG40), May 25, 1973: Bell 47G-4A (N4062G), Borger, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4062G (1)

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

- [Accident 19910820035189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910820035189A), Aug 20, 1991: Bell 47G4A (N4062G), Kettleman, CA, Substantial damage. Fuel starvation during spray run. Made hard landing damaging helicopter.

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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