# Accident 19750813040939A: Bell 47G3B2A, Chicago, IL, August 13, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1975
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Merrill C Meigs
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N441FD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N441FD-1976-02-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G3B2A (registry code 1181025, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g3b2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G3B2A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,065 total, 25 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76AC012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750813040939A

## Narrative

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

OBSV AND DIVER ON R FLOAT ROTOR BLADE HIT WATER.PILOT-DNWND ATMTD TO RIGHT ACFT WITH FWD SPEED.

## 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 CHI76AC012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC012), Aug 13, 1975: Bell 47G (N441FD), Chicago, 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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