# Accident 19730720029239A: Bell 47G5, Bloomington, MN, July 20, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1973
- Place: Bloomington, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 44.8408° N, 93.2983° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bloomington, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8408&lon=-93.2983&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4064G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4064G-1975-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-5 (registry code 1181032, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,639 total, 170 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74DER01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DER01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730720029239A

## Narrative

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

LOAD SHFTD,CABLE HIT M/R,WRAPPED ARND T/R DRIVE.ROTORCRAFT - MISC EXTERNAL CARGO SLING.

## 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 MKC74DER01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DER01), Jul 20, 1973: Bell 47G-5 (N4064G), Bloomington, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4064G (1)

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

- [Accident 19741015044449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741015044449A), Oct 15, 1974: Bell 47G5 (N4064G), Moorhead, MN, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Total time on blade 426HRS.AD70-10-8 not cw.

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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