# Accident 19760321005379A: Bell 47G2, Van Horn, TX, March 21, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 1976
- Place: Van Horn, TX
- Airport: Culberson County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Vertical (Helicopter Only)
- Location: 31.0578° N, 104.7838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CULBERSON COUNTY (VHN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0578&lon=-104.7838&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6730C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,691 total, 148 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76DQD18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DQD18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760321005379A

## Narrative

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

OFF LOAD FRM TRANSPORT TRAILER TO RAMP.

## 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 FTW76DQD18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DQD18), Mar 21, 1976: Bell 47G-2 (N6730C), Van Horn, TX, 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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