# Accident 19830515019739A: Bell 47G, Plainsboro, NJ, May 15, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1983, 07:45 local time
- Place: Plainsboro, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 40.3334° N, 74.6004° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plainsboro, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3334&lon=-74.6004&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6597D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6597D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G (registry code 1181002, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6VS-335 series (registry code 27040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6vs-335-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G
- Reported engine: FRNKLN 6A350*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,500 total, 8,500 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC83FHM01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FHM01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830515019739A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER CRASHED DURING AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT WHEN TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT BROKE. PN476441799.

## 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 NYC83FHM01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FHM01), May 15, 1983: Bell 47G (N6597D), Plainsboro, NJ, destroyed

## Other reports on N6597D (1)

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

- [Incident 19980405010979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980405010979I), Apr 5, 1998: Bell 47G (N6597D), Sand Springs, OK, Minor damage. Narrative: the aircraft hovered sideways, caught skid and skid collapsed. Student pilot was solo, instructor watching from the ground. While hovering a gust of…

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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