# Incident 19791226047039I: Bell 47G2, Whitestone, NY, December 26, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1979, 07:05 local time
- Place: Whitestone, NY
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7945° N, 73.8185° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Whitestone, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7945&lon=-73.8185&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1775, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1775-1990-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Charter BELL 47G2 (registry code 1181072, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-charter-bell-47g2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 400 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791226047039I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING DUE TO VIBRATION. FOUND MAIN ROTOR COUNTER WEIGHT SHEARED OFF.

## Other reports on N1775 (4)

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

- [Incident 19801222089019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801222089019I), Dec 22, 1980: Bell 47G (N1775), New York, NY. Engine roughness and power loss preceded precautionary landing. Exhaust valve in cylinder failed.
- [Incident 19790613015479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790613015479I), Jun 13, 1979: Bell 47G2 (N1775), Woodside, NY. Pilot made precautionary landing due to needle split. Thought the clutch from motor to rotor was landing
- [Incident 19790302010619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790302010619I), Mar 2, 1979: Bell 47G2 (N1775), Woodside, NY. Safety wire broke allowing cooling fan pulley to disconnect and cylinder head temp to rise.
- [Incident 19790103001479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790103001479I), Jan 3, 1979: Bell 47G2 (N1775), New York, NY. Mast control stabilizer bar frame, Bell pn 47-140-112, failed.

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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