# Accident 19910915039929A: Bell 47D1, Laurie, MO, September 15, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1991, 18:45 local time
- Place: Laurie, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2080° N, 92.8254° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Laurie, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2080&lon=-92.8254&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7768, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7768-2013-07-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell - K Copter 47D1 (registry code 1180843, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-k-copter-47d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-435 series (registry code 41525, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-435-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47D1
- Reported engine: FRNKLN 6V335A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,753 total, 1,638 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI91FA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91FA294) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910915039929A

## Narrative

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

VICTIMS DRANK BEER. WENT FLYING. STRUCK POWERLINES OVER LAKE. CRASHED INVERTED INTO LAKE.

## 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 CHI91FA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91FA294), Sep 15, 1991: Bell-K Copter 47D1 (N7768), Laurie, MO, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: POOR JUDGEMENT OF THE PILOT, DUE TO IMPAIRMENT FROM CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BEFORE FLIGHT, HIS INTENTIONAL BUZZING, AND HIS INADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT (FAILURE TO SEE-AND-AVOID POWER LINES).

## Other reports on N7768 (1)

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

- [Accident 19810425029809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810425029809A), Apr 25, 1981: Bell 47D1 (N7768), Okeene, OK, Substantial damage. Failed to initiate a timely power recovery from practice autorotation with excessive forward speed.

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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