# Accident 19750216042989A: Bell 47G4A, Ixiamas, February 16, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1975
- Place: Ixiamas
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Aircraft: N1446W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1446W-1976-10-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-4A (registry code 1181031, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G4A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB UNK75X0102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK75X0102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750216042989A

## Narrative

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

OPERATOR STATES HELICOPTER STRUCK BY FALLING TREE.INVEST JURISDICTION GOVT OF BOLIVIA.

## 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 UNK75X0102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK75X0102), Feb 16, 1975: Bell 47G4A (N1446W), Ixiamas, St. Barthélemy, destroyed, 1 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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