# Accident 19820427012379A: Bell 47G3B, Magee, MS, April 27, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 1982, 06:50 local time
- Place: Magee, MS
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 31.8730° N, 89.7340° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Magee, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8730&lon=-89.7340&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8469E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8469E-1983-05-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-3B (registry code 1181026, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-3b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G3B
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL82FKQ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FKQ12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820427012379A

## Narrative

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

PILOT CLAIMS NO CONTROL OF HELICOPTER AFTER PROCEDURE TURN. COPTER DESCENDED INTO GROUND COLLIDING WITH VEHICLES.

## 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 ATL82FKQ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FKQ12), Apr 27, 1982: Bell/Soloy 47G-3B (N8469E), Magee, MS, 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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