# Accident 19740423012599A: Bell 47G2, Seward, AK, April 23, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1974
- Place: Seward, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 60.1232° N, 149.3917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seward, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.1232&lon=-149.3917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2822B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2822B) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,915 total, 200 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC74AA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74AA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740423012599A

## Narrative

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

UPSLOPE,TOO STEEP FOR LNDG.W/S FOGGED.

## 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 ANC74AA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74AA069), Apr 23, 1974: Bell 47G-2 (N2822B), Seward, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2822B (2)

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

- [Incident 19840627054119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840627054119I), Jun 27, 1984: Bell 47G2 (N2822B), Mcgrath, AK. Became lost on a VFR flight landed on a river bank. Turned on ELT. State helicopter found the helicopter.
- [Accident 19830119001209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830119001209A), Jan 19, 1983: Bell 47G2 (N2822B), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Hard practice landing on a snowy pinnacle for practice. Impact severed tail boom. Student allowed RPM decay.

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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