# Accident 19730831027009A: Bell 47G2, Dalzell, SC, August 31, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1973
- Place: Dalzell, SC
- Airport: Ag-Rotors
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Location: 34.0203° N, 80.4329° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dalzell, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0203&lon=-80.4329&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6711D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6711D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-2 (registry code 1181008, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-435 series (registry code 41525, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-435-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 112 in this make and model, 112 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74D1011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74D1011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730831027009A

## Narrative

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

SPRAY BOOM OF ACFT HIT SPRAY BOOM OF OTR HELI PARKED ADJACENT. MINOR DMG TO OTR ACFT. NO LOAD ABD.

## 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 MIA74D1011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74D1011), Aug 31, 1973: Bell 47G-2 (N6711D), Dalzell, SC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6711D (2)

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

- [Accident 19940305008289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940305008289A), Mar 5, 1994: Bell 47G2 (N6711D), Augusta, KS, Substantial damage. Practicing autoratations student allowed high descent rate. CFI took over too late. Hard landing chopped tailboom.
- [Accident 19750826026199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750826026199A), Aug 26, 1975: Bell 47G2 (N6711D), 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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