# Accident 19751024034329A: Bell 47D1, Palos Verdes, CA, October 24, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1975
- Place: Palos Verdes, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Aircraft: N68627, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68627-1975-12-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47D1 (registry code 1180802, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47D1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,257 total, 1,075 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76FVA15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76FVA15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751024034329A

## Narrative

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

PILOT RAN OUT OF FUEL. DITCHED IN CHANNEL. ACFT SANK. GUSTING TO 25K.

## 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 LAX76FVA15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76FVA15), Oct 24, 1975: Bell 47D-1 (N68627), Palos Verdes, CA, destroyed

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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