# Accident 19761024039289A: Bell 47G4A, Laredo, TX, October 24, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1976
- Place: Laredo, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 27.5064° N, 99.5075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Laredo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5064&lon=-99.5075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62445, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62445-2013-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-4A (registry code 1181031, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G4A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,510 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW77FRG03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FRG03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761024039289A

## Narrative

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

WILD GAME SURVEY

## 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 FTW77FRG03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FRG03), Oct 24, 1976: Bell 47G-4A (N62445), Laredo, TX, 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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