# Accident 19780923031019A: Bell 47B3, Waveland, IN, September 23, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1978
- Place: Waveland, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 39.8776° N, 87.0455° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waveland, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8776&lon=-87.0455&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8429E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8429E-1990-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-2 (registry code 1181008, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47B3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,443 total, 680 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEX40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEX40) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780923031019A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 CHI78FEX40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEX40), Sep 23, 1978: Bell 47G2 (N8429E), Waveland, IN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8429E (1)

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

- [Accident 19850904045889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850904045889A), Sep 4, 1985: Bell 47G2 (N8429E), Moore Haven, FL, Substantial damage. Failure to apply carburetor heat led to power loss. Landed. Skid. Hit a boulder. Main rotor blade hit the tail boom

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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