# Accident 19731214042679A: Bell 47G, Arcadia, FL, December 14, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1973
- Place: Arcadia, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 27.2212° N, 81.8584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arcadia, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2212&lon=-81.8584&mi=10
- Aircraft: N208B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N208B-1985-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G (registry code 1181002, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,930 total, 2,591 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74DLD46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DLD46) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731214042679A

## Narrative

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

PLT EXPD DECAYING ROTOR RPM ATTRIBUTED TO CHEM BUILD UP ON BLADES,INCREASING D/A,LGT COLLECTIVE.

## 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 MIA74DLD46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DLD46), Dec 14, 1973: EL Tomcat 47 (N208B), Arcadia, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N208B (1)

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

- [Accident 19820515018819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820515018819A), May 15, 1982: Bell 47G2 (N208B), Osage Beach, MO, Destroyed. Nose high attitude due to aft CG. On takeoff tail rotor hit sign on landing. Pilot jumped out. Suspect out of rig.

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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