# Accident 19830617025809A: Bell 47G3B, Litchfield, MN, June 17, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1983, 10:30 local time
- Place: Litchfield, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Vertical (Helicopter Only)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 45.1220° N, 94.5259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Litchfield, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1220&lon=-94.5259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8471E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8471E-1997-12-24) (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: LYC VO435*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,715 total, 1,353 in this make and model, 102 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI83LA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA264) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830617025809A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED LOADING PLATFORM WITH A LOADING HOSE STILL ATTACHED. CAUSED TAIL ROTOR THEN MAIN ROTORS TO STRIKE GROUND.

## 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 CHI83LA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA264), Jun 17, 1983: Bell 47-G3B (N8471E), Litchfield, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8471E (2)

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

- [Accident 19890815029849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890815029849A), Aug 15, 1989: Bell 47G3B (N8471E), Waseca, MN, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel returning to ag strip after spraying. Made run on no power landing in beans. Rotors chopped boom.
- [Accident 19790925024189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790925024189A), Sep 25, 1979: Bell 47G3B (N8471E), Pierson, IA, Substantial damage. Pilot flew into wires while conducting agricultural spraying.

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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