# Accident 19760512010839A: Bell 47G3B, Forks, WA, May 12, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1976
- Place: Forks, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 47.9528° N, 124.3902° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Forks, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9528&lon=-124.3902&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3794G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3794G-2013-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-3B (registry code 1181026, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-3b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TVO-435-GIA (registry code 41526, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tvo-435-gia) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G3B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 2,400 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA76DYE41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76DYE41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760512010839A

## Narrative

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

T/R GR BOX PINION SHAFT FAILED. CRASHED INTO HILLSIDE. SPRAYING BRUSH.

## 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 SEA76DYE41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76DYE41), May 12, 1976: Bell 47G-3B (N3794G), Forks, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3794G (1)

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

- [Accident 19740911028499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740911028499A), Sep 11, 1974: Bell 47G2 (N3794G), Ruff, WA, 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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