# Accident 19800722030119A: Bell 47D1, Milan, MI, July 22, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 1980, 14:20 local time
- Place: Milan, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 42.0813° N, 83.6848° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Milan, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0813&lon=-83.6848&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74006, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N74006-1998-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47D1 (registry code 1180802, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47D1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,685 total, 7,454 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEC25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEC25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800722030119A

## Narrative

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

LOST TAIL ROTOR BLADES ON PULL UP FROM SPRAY RUN, UNBALANCE TORE OFF TAIL ROTOR ASSEMBLY. CRASHED ON RIGHT TURN.

## 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 CHI80FEC25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEC25), Jul 22, 1980: Bell 47D1 (N74006), Milan, MI, substantial damage

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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