# Accident 19780826024759A: Bell 47D1, Summerville, SC, August 26, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1978
- Place: Summerville, SC
- Airport: Locklair Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Running(Helicopter/Vtol Ac)
- Location: 33.0056° N, 80.1774° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Summerville, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0056&lon=-80.1774&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4116A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4116A-2012-11-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47D1 (registry code 1180802, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6V4 series (registry code 27033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6v4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47D1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 175 total, 38 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78DLG36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78DLG36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780826024759A

## Narrative

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

PLT STATED RPM LOSS DUE IMP CONTROL INPUT.

## 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 MIA78DLG36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78DLG36), Aug 26, 1978: Bell 47D1 (N4116A), Summerville, SC, 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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