# Accident 19770625017729A: Bell 47D1, Oswego, SC, June 25, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 1977
- Place: Oswego, SC
- Airport: Loading Site
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 34.0056° N, 80.2861° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oswego, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0056&lon=-80.2861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N586T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N586T-2013-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47D1 (registry code 1180802, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47D1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,051 total, 900 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77DLG20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77DLG20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770625017729A

## Narrative

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

TAIL ROTOR STRUCK WIRE.COMPLETE TAIL ROTOR AND GEARBOX SEPARATED.

## 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 MIA77DLG20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77DLG20), Jun 25, 1977: Bell 47D (N586T), Oswego, SC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N586T (1)

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

- [Accident 19840412009359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840412009359A), Apr 12, 1984: Bell 47D1 (N586T), Berlin, GA, Destroyed. Ag pilot failed to see and avoid wires during low level aerial application flight.

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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