# Accident 19750514010839A: Bell 47G4, Jackson, MS, May 14, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1975
- Place: Jackson, MS
- Airport: Hawkins Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 32.3348° N, 90.2225° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAWKINS FLD (HKS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3348&lon=-90.2225&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1198W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1198W-2012-07-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-4 (registry code 1181030, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-540 series (registry code 41534, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,543 total, 573 in this make and model, 99 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA75FKQ32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75FKQ32) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750514010839A

## Narrative

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

POST ACDT EXAM OF CARB REVEALED NUMEROUS DROPLETS OF WATER.

## 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 MIA75FKQ32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75FKQ32), May 14, 1975: Bell 47G4 (N1198W), Jackson, MS, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1198W (1)

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

- [Accident 19810624041089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810624041089A), Jun 24, 1981: Bell 47G3 (N1198W), Jackson, MS, Substantial damage. Examiner geave simulated emergency landing during hover. Hard landing was made causing substantial damage.

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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