# Accident 19730708020419A: Bell 47G5, Albuquerque, NM, July 8, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1973
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Location: 35.0845° N, 106.6511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albuquerque, NM, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0845&lon=-106.6511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6278N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6278N-1974-06-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-5 (registry code 1181032, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,705 total, 64 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN74FQA03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74FQA03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730708020419A

## Narrative

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

PULLED IN COLLECTIVE AFTR LOSS OF DIR CTL.75 OF WIRES,CABLE #1,DMGD BY WEAR.DENS ALT ABT 8600FT.

## 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 DEN74FQA03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74FQA03), Jul 8, 1973: Bell 47G5 (N6278N), Albuquerque, NM, substantial damage

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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