# Accident 19790731018989A: Bell 47G2A, Plaucheville, LA, July 31, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1979, 09:00 local time
- Place: Plaucheville, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Rotorcraft)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 30.9647° N, 91.9837° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plaucheville, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9647&lon=-91.9837&mi=10
- Aircraft: N166 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G2A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,580 total, 1,864 in this make and model, 83 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DRJ19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DRJ19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790731018989A

## Narrative

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

ATTEMPTED LANDING IN SMALL CLEARING IN BEAN FIELD. ALLOWED ROTOR RPM TO DECAY. SPRAY BOOM HIT BEANS. FLIPPED OVER.

## 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 FTW79DRJ19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DRJ19), Jul 31, 1979: Bell 47G-2A (N166), Plaucheville, LA, 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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