# Accident 19780407010879A: Bell 47G2A, Clinton, IL, April 7, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1978
- Place: Clinton, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 40.1470° N, 88.9630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clinton, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1470&lon=-88.9630&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3574, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3574-1982-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell-K-Copter 47G2A (registry code 1181070, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-k-copter-47g2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G2A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 683 total, 558 in this make and model, 554 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEV25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEV25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780407010879A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 CHI78FEV25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEV25), Apr 7, 1978: Bell 47-G (N3574), Clinton, IL, destroyed, 1 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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