# Accident 19750421009909A: Bell 47D1, Shawneetown, IL, April 21, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1975
- Place: Shawneetown, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 37.7159° N, 88.1867° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shawneetown, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7159&lon=-88.1867&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7734, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7734-1975-06-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell - K Copter 47D1 (registry code 1180843, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-k-copter-47d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47D1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI75FEV31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75FEV31) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750421009909A

## Narrative

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

BOLT PIN AN174-16 WHICH SECURES FORE AND AFT CYLIC CTL MISSING FM ROD END BEARING.

## 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 CHI75FEV31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75FEV31), Apr 21, 1975: Bell 47D1 (N7734), Shawneetown, IL, 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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