# Accident 19790920040399A: Bell 47G3, Deming, TX, September 20, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1979, 12:15 local time
- Place: Deming, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Aircraft: N2220W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2220W-2015-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-3B-2 (registry code 1181029, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-3b-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TVO-435-GIA (registry code 41526, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tvo-435-gia) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790920040399A

## Narrative

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

PUT HELICOPTER IN VERTICAL CLIMB TO MISS POWER-LINES. STALLED, DROPPED VERTICALLY TO GROUND IMPACT.

## 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 DEN79FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FA065), Sep 20, 1979: Bell 47G (N2220W), Deming, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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