# Accident 19731015033279A: Bell 47G3B1, Marsing, ID, October 15, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 1973
- Place: Marsing, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 43.5464° N, 116.8104° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marsing, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5464&lon=-116.8104&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73230, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73230-1973-11-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-3B (registry code 1181026, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-3b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G3B1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,440 total, 100 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74FYA13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74FYA13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731015033279A

## Narrative

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

PLT FAILED TO SURVEY AREA FOR OBSTRUCTIONS PRIOR TO START OF OPERATION.

## 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 SEA74FYA13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74FYA13), Oct 15, 1973: Bell 47G-3B (N73230), Marsing, ID, destroyed

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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