# Accident 19780410007779A: Bell 47B3, Templeton, CA, April 10, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 1978
- Place: Templeton, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 35.5560° N, 120.7182° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Templeton, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5560&lon=-120.7182&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7914S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7914S-2017-03-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-5 (registry code 1181032, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-435 series (registry code 41525, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-435-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47B3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,031 total, 857 in this make and model, 124 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78DVM17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78DVM17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780410007779A

## Narrative

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

THRUST BEARING.

## 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 LAX78DVM17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78DVM17), Apr 10, 1978: Bell 47G5 (N7914S), Templeton, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7914S (2)

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

- [Accident 19980707016269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980707016269A), Jul 7, 1998: Bell 47G5 (N7914S), Salinas, CA, Destroyed. Spray run parallel to telephone lines. Main rotor hit wires. Descended to ground. Skids hit pipes. Nosed over. (-23) on the morning of July 5, 1998, at…
- [Accident 19790706019289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790706019289A), Jul 6, 1979: Bell 47G5 (N7914S), Escondido, CA, Substantial damage. Ag pilot enroute between ag strips flew into area of low ceilings and fog. Hit trees. Helicopter or pilot not rated

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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