# Accident 19770514011179A: Bell 47D1, Enumclaw, WA, May 14, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1977
- Place: Enumclaw, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Prw On Run Landing (Rotorcraft
- Location: 47.2022° N, 121.9890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Enumclaw, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2022&lon=-121.9890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17301, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17301-2012-08-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell World Helicopters 47D1 (registry code 118084V, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-world-helicopters-47d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6V4 series (registry code 27033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6v4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47D1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,095 total, 520 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA77FYE19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77FYE19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770514011179A

## Narrative

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

INVESTIGATING OVERTURNED RAFT.STRUCK WIRES.

## 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 SEA77FYE19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77FYE19), May 14, 1977: Bell 47D1 (N17301), Enumclaw, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N17301 (2)

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

- [Accident 20010722038489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010722038489A), Jul 22, 2001: Bell 47D1 (N17301), Ballard, MO, No damage, 2 fatal. (-23) The student pilot/helicopter owner and a passenger were ferrying the aircraft from the owner's farm in tonganoxie, Kansas, to rolla, Missouri, where it…
- [Accident 19920629039189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920629039189A), Jun 29, 1992: Bell 47D1 (N17301), Wenatchee, WA, Destroyed. Transition from hover to forward flight. Rotor speed decay. Tried land tail hit tree. Suspect carb icing.

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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