# Accident 19730730026329A: Bell 47G5A, Shreveport, LA, July 30, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1973
- Place: Shreveport, LA
- Airport: Naylor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 32.3418° N, 93.6585° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Naylor Airport (LA56), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3418&lon=-93.6585&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58077 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G5A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,930 total, 5,797 in this make and model, 305 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74FRJ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FRJ03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730730026329A

## Narrative

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

PLT DIDNT SEE 3RD SET OF WIRES. CRASHED IN BAYOU

## 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 FTW74FRJ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FRJ03), Jul 30, 1973: Bell 47G-5A (N58077), Shreveport, LA, 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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