# Accident 19740814025989A: Bell 47G2, Royal City, WA, August 14, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1974
- Place: Royal City, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 46.9018° N, 119.6209° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Royal City, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9018&lon=-119.6209&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6717D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6717D-2012-11-26) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,835 total, 228 in this make and model, 202 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA75DYG07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75DYG07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740814025989A

## Narrative

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

SWATH RUN INTO SUN.HIT WIRES.

## 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 SEA75DYG07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75DYG07), Aug 14, 1974: Bell 47G-2 (N6717D), Royal City, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6717D (1)

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

- [Accident 19740827036709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740827036709A), Aug 27, 1974: Bell 47G3B1 (N6717D), Quincy, WA, Destroyed. Erratic feedback in cyclic pitch ctl sys for undet reason.

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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