# Accident 19790820022239A: Bell 47G4A, Kentuck, WV, August 20, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1979, 18:15 local time
- Place: Kentuck, WV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 38.6556° N, 81.5904° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kentuck, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6556&lon=-81.5904&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13PL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13PL-2001-04-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-4A (registry code 1181031, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G4A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,323 total, 350 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79DIJ11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79DIJ11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790820022239A

## Narrative

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

ALLOWED ROTOR RPM TO DECAY DURING SPRAY OPERATION. SETTLED INTO TREES.

## 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 IAD79DIJ11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79DIJ11), Aug 20, 1979: Bell 47G-4A (N13PL), Kentuck, WV, substantial damage

## Other reports on N13PL (1)

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

- [Accident 19800924048479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800924048479A), Sep 24, 1980: Bell 47G4A (N13PL), Holbrook, PA, Destroyed. Tail rotor drive failed. Lost control trying to land. Helicopter spun into side of a hill, rolled over and burned.

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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