# Accident 19780806023139A: Bell 47G2, Salinas, CA, August 6, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1978
- Place: Salinas, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 36.6902° N, 121.6338° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salinas, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6902&lon=-121.6338&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9002T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9002T-1980-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Continental Copters TOMCAT MK5B (registry code 2390102, https://openairdocs.org/model/continental-copters-tomcat-mk5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,250 total, 1,250 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78DVM37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVM37) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780806023139A

## Narrative

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

HIT POWERLINE WHILE MANUVERING TO AVOID PEOPLE WORKING IN ADJACENELD.

## 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 OAK78DVM37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVM37), Aug 6, 1978: Bell H-13B (N9002T), Salinas, CA, destroyed

## Other reports on N9002T (1)

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

- [Accident 19800501011499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800501011499A), May 1, 1980: Ccoptr OH13HCCOPTER (N9002T), Watsonville, CA, Substantial damage. Tail rotor blades failed during low level hover. Helicopter crashed in right turn. Blades were beyond use limit.

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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