# Accident 19830106002279A: Bell 47G3B2, Great Falls, MT, January 6, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 1983, 09:45 local time
- Place: Great Falls, MT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5025° N, 111.3000° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Great Falls, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5025&lon=-111.3000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7039J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7039J-1989-09-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-3B-2 (registry code 1181029, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-3b-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G3B2
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,111 total, 400 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN83LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830106002279A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER CRASHED WHEN UNSAFTIED NUT HOLDING SWIVEL ASSEMBLY LINK AND SCISSORS TO THE SWASH PLATE CAME OFF.

## 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 DEN83LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA046), Jan 6, 1983: Bell 47G-3B-2 (Soloy) (N7039J), Great Falls, MT, destroyed

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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