# Accident 19780902028609A: Bell 47B3, Scipio, IN, September 2, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1978
- Place: Scipio, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Rotorcraft)
- Location: 39.0743° N, 85.7150° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scipio, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0743&lon=-85.7150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8503F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47B3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 83 total, 83 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEX36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEX36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780902028609A

## Narrative

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

JAMMED BY PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER.

## 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 CHI78FEX36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEX36), Sep 2, 1978: Bell 47G4 (N8503F), Scipio, IN, destroyed

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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