# Accident 19790629013309A: Bell 47G4, Manvel, TX, June 29, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 1979, 09:15 local time
- Place: Manvel, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4882° N, 95.3650° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manvel, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4882&lon=-95.3650&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1150W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1150W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-4 (registry code 1181030, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-540 series (registry code 41534, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,451 total, 672 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FRA34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FRA34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790629013309A

## Narrative

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

AG PILOT WITH A PASSENGER LOOKING OVER A FIELD TO BE SPRAYED. SETTLED INTO THE GROUND WITH POWER.

## 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 FTW79FRA34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FRA34), Jun 29, 1979: Bell 47G-4 (N1150W), Manvel, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1150W (3)

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

- [Accident 19790424008829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790424008829A), Apr 24, 1979: Bell 47 (N1150W), Alvin, TX, Minor damage. During agricultural spraying,the pilot hit his flagman. Spray boom on aircraft hit flagman and broke his pelvis.
- [Accident 19770415007339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770415007339A), Apr 15, 1977: Bell 47G4 (N1150W), Stroudsburg, PA, Substantial damage. Prev dmg by ctc with water bucket bfor tkof.
- [Accident 19760225002549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760225002549A), Feb 25, 1976: Bell 47G4 (N1150W), Billings, OK, Destroyed. Gusting to 20K.

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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