# Accident 19760610016389A: Bell 47G3B1, Somerset, CO, June 10, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 1976
- Place: Somerset, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 38.9288° N, 107.4650° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Somerset, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9288&lon=-107.4650&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7894S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7894S-1983-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-3B-1 (registry code 1181028, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-3b-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G3B1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,187 total, 115 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN76AD052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760610016389A

## Narrative

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

POWERLINES ABT 70FT AGL.

## 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 DEN76AD052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD052), Jun 10, 1976: Bell 47G3B1 (N7894S), Somerset, CO, destroyed, 2 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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