# Accident 19740316013369A: Bell 47D1, Ochopee, FL, March 16, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1974
- Place: Ochopee, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Running(Helicopter/Vtol Ac)
- Location: 25.9015° N, 81.3034° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ochopee, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9015&lon=-81.3034&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9660, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9660-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47D1 (registry code 1180802, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6V4 series (registry code 27033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6v4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47D1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 100 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74DKT61](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DKT61) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740316013369A

## Narrative

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

R SKID DUG INTO GND DRG L/O.

## 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 MIA74DKT61](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DKT61), Mar 16, 1974: Bell 47D1 (N9660), Ochopee, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9660 (1)

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

- [Accident 19940422012699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940422012699A), Apr 22, 1994: Bell 47D1 (N9660), Marathon, FL, Destroyed, 4 fatal. Loud bang. Parts came off tail. Yawed right. Impact on island. Bounced into water. Overtime tail rotor blades failed

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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