# Accident 19761004031699A: Bell 47G2, Wasco, CA, October 4, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 1976
- Place: Wasco, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 35.5938° N, 119.3671° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wasco, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5938&lon=-119.3671&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9001T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9001T-2014-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Continental Copters TOMCAT MK5A (registry code 2390101, https://openairdocs.org/model/continental-copters-tomcat-mk5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-435 series (registry code 41525, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-435-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,164 total, 120 in this make and model, 354 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77DVA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77DVA02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761004031699A

## Narrative

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

FLARED BECAUSE OF VIBRATION, T/R HIT COTTON PLANTS & TURNED OVER.

## 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 LAX77DVA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77DVA02), Oct 4, 1976: EL Tomcat MK5A (N9001T), Wasco, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9001T (2)

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

- [Accident 19790302003949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790302003949A), Mar 2, 1979: Ccoptr OH13HCCOPTER (N9001T), Shafter, CA, Destroyed. Helicopter was seen to descend vertically, crashed, and burned. Engine overspeed was heard prior to impact.
- [Accident 19750625019229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750625019229A), Jun 25, 1975: Bell 47G2 (N9001T), Gridley, CA, Destroyed. Hit wires.

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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