# Accident 19740509034669A: Bell 47G3B, Lone Pine, CA, May 9, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1974
- Place: Lone Pine, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Location: 36.5744° N, 118.0806° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lone Pine, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5744&lon=-118.0806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73212, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73212-1974-12-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-3B (registry code 1181026, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-3b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G3B
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,473 total, 81 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74AP059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740509034669A

## Narrative

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

PARKED ON MT RIDGE-ENGINE RUNNING.TAIL ROTOR DRIVE ASSY YOKE BROKE.P/N47-640-006-5.REASON UNDET.

## 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 OAK74AP059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP059), May 9, 1974: Bell 47G3B1 (N73212), Lone Pine, CA, 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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