# NTSB investigations: Bell 47G-3B: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT)

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB ERA26LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA100.md): Bell 47G-3B · Floral City, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jan 29, 2026 · N347BH · Destroyed
  > The student pilot’s loss of helicopter control during landing.
- [NTSB GAA16CA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA055.md): Bell 47G · Searchlight, NV · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 18, 2015 · N73224 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from a tree during hover flight.
- [NTSB CEN16LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA003.md): Bell 47G · Huntsville, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 5, 2015 · N160CS · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's loss of helicopter control during an agricultural application pass for reasons that could not be determined due to the extent of damage to the flight control system.
- [NTSB CHI08CA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA254.md): Bell 47G-3B · Kenyon, MN · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 14, 2008 · N47AH · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate preflight planning which resulted in the helicopter settling with power.
- [NTSB CHI08CA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA192.md): Bell 47G-3B · Port Edwards, WI · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 11, 2008 · N73995 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot failed to maintain control of the helicopter when he inadvertently flared the helicopter and the rotor rpm decayed as a result of sustaining bee stings during an aerial application flight. Contributing to the accidnet included the bees and the low…
- [NTSB DFW08CA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA188.md): Bell 47G-3B · Mullen, NE · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 1, 2008 · N8468E · Substantial damage
  > The plot's distraction with the chemical load resulting the failure to maintain control of the helicopter. A factor was no suitable terrain for landing.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1181026')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND s.aircrafts_position = x.position AND s."tier2Number" = '470' AND s.case_mkey IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' WHERE "isDefiningEvent")))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence?model=1181026

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