# Accident 19780522010709A: Bell 47B3, Warriors Mark, PA, May 22, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1978
- Place: Warriors Mark, PA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Location: 40.7028° N, 78.1315° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Warriors Mark, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7028&lon=-78.1315&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64589, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64589-2017-02-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell-Transworld Helicopter Cor 47G-2 (registry code 1181071, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-transworld-helicopter-cor-47g-2) (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: 238 total, 107 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FGT07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FGT07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780522010709A

## Narrative

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

LNDD TO PURGE AIR FM SPRAY SYS.PLT TIGHTENED FRICTION LOCK,REACHER DOOR,ACFT ROLLED ON SIDE.

## 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 NYC78FGT07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FGT07), May 22, 1978: Bell 47G-2 (N64589), Warriors Mark, PA, substantial damage

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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