# Accident 19730713021659A: Bell 47G5A, Peoria, IL, July 13, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1973
- Place: Peoria, IL
- Airport: Mt Hawley
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Power On Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Location: 40.6936° N, 89.5890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Peoria, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6936&lon=-89.5890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7984J (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G5A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74AC006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730713021659A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 CHI74AC006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC006), Jul 13, 1973: Bell 47G-5A (N7984J), Peoria, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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