# Accident 19730918033769A: Bell 47G3B1, Leeville, LA, September 18, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1973
- Place: Leeville, LA
- Airport: St Blk J Platform
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Power On Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Location: 29.2480° N, 90.2076° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Leeville, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2480&lon=-90.2076&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4800R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4800R-1973-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-4A (registry code 1181031, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G3B1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,518 total, 165 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74AF016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730918033769A

## Narrative

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

FORE/AFT CYCLIC TUBE ASSY SEPD AT ROD END,WALLS 90 REDUCED BY CORROSION.CRASHED IN 180FT OF WATER

## 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 FTW74AF016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF016), Sep 18, 1973: Bell 47G-4A (N4800R), Leeville, LA, destroyed, 2 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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