# Accident 19740627027641A: Bell 47G5A, Detroit, MI, June 27, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 1974
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Detroit City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 42.3314° N, 83.0458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Detroit, MI, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3314&lon=-83.0458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59399, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59399-2014-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-5A (registry code 1181034, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G5A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 597 total, 378 in this make and model, 195 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74AC099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC099) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740627027641A

## Narrative

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

PATROL DUTY OVR DETROIT RIVER.TOWER PERSONNEL DID NOT MAINTAIN TRACK OF EACH ACFT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N3616B, Beech E18S: [Accident 19740627027642A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740627027642A)

## 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 CHI74AC099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC099), Jun 27, 1974: Bell 47G-5A (N59399), Detroit, MI, destroyed, 2 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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