# Accident 19750422035809A: Bell 47G3B1, Superior, AZ, April 22, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 1975
- Place: Superior, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 33.2716° N, 111.1242° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Superior, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2716&lon=-111.1242&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1381X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1381X-1975-12-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-3B-1 (registry code 1181028, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-3b-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G3B1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,248 total, 402 in this make and model, 94 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX75AL057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75AL057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750422035809A

## Narrative

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

T/R SHAFT COUPLING RING MISSING. LOST DIR CTL AT TOO LOW ALT FOR SAFE LDG.

## 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 LAX75AL057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75AL057), Apr 22, 1975: Bell 47G3B1 (N1381X), Superior, AZ, destroyed, 3 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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