# Accident 19730804024349A: Bell 47G3B1, Bennettsville, SC, August 4, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1973
- Place: Bennettsville, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Location: 34.6282° N, 79.6860° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bennettsville, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6282&lon=-79.6860&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1MH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G3B1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,850 total, 1,015 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74DLG04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DLG04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730804024349A

## Narrative

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

PLT LOST DIR CONTROL FOLLOWING TAIL ROTOR DMG DURING HARD LDG.

## 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 MIA74DLG04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DLG04), Aug 4, 1973: Bell 47D-1 (N1MH), Bennettsville, SC, 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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