# Accident 19740621029471A: Bell 47G3B1, Seattle, WA, June 21, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1974
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Boeing Field International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 47.6062° N, 122.3321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seattle, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6062&lon=-122.3321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9790, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9790-2013-09-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell-Snohomish Co Sheriffs OFF 47G-3B (registry code 1181023, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-snohomish-co-sheriffs-off-47g-3b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G3B1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,291 total, 60 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74AS050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740621029471A

## Narrative

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

FLOAT EQUPD. PLT FAILD TO COMMNCT WTH TWR AFTR INTL CNTCT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N562QL, Cessna 150K: [Accident 19740621029472A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740621029472A)

## 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 SEA74AS050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS050), Jun 21, 1974: Bell OH-13G (N9790), Seattle, WA, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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