# Accident 19750713024659A: Bell 47G, Montague, CA, July 13, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1975
- Place: Montague, CA
- Airport: Montague
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 41.7271° N, 122.5305° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Montague, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7271&lon=-122.5305&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75273, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N75273-1989-02-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G (registry code 1181002, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 925 total, 412 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76DVG07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVG07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750713024659A

## Narrative

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

PURPOSE OF FLT WAS MOVING ACFT TO ANOTHER ARPT. LDG LITE BURNED OUT.

## 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 OAK76DVG07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVG07), Jul 13, 1975: Bell 47G (N75273), Montague, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N75273 (1)

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

- [Accident 19850710030529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850710030529A), Jul 10, 1985: Bell 47G (N75273), Pella, IA, Destroyed. Spray boom and main rotor contacted corn during aerial application training turn around. Inverted during crash.

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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