# Accident 19730604017159A: Bell 47G3B1, Clarinda, IA, June 4, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 1973
- Place: Clarinda, IA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 40.7377° N, 95.0337° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clarinda, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7377&lon=-95.0337&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65036, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65036-2013-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell-Intermountain 47G-3B-1 (registry code 1181027, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-intermountain-47g-3b-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G3B1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,456 total, 130 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC73FCD68](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73FCD68) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730604017159A

## Narrative

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

DNWND TURN,FULL LOAD,SETTLING WITH PWR,FELL INTO CEMETERY.

## 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 MKC73FCD68](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73FCD68), Jun 4, 1973: Bell 47G-3B (N65036), Clarinda, IA, 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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