# NTSB investigations: Bell 47G, 1982

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 LAX82FA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FA341.md): Bell 47G-2 · San Diego, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 11, 1982 · N4242A · Destroyed
  > The plt was in the local pattern practicing maneuvers. After completing a quick stop maneuver & hovering, another takeoff was initiated. The plt stated that it seemed to take an unusual amount of forward cyclic to initiate forward flt. During the final…
- [NTSB CHI82DA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA212.md): Bell 47G-2A · Hudsonville, MI · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jun 16, 1982 · N364W · Substantial damage
  > The pilot was flying a swath run that required him to fly under electric wires near a blacktop county road. As the pilot was coming off the field and passing under the wires, he realized he was on a collision course with a car. He pulled up to avoid the car…
- [NTSB CHI82DA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA176.md): Bell 47G-1 · Cincinnati, OH · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · May 20, 1982 · N141B · Substantial damage
  > The fore and aft cyclic control linkage tube became disconnected in flight. An emergency descent, using collective "s" turns to reduce airspeed was performed. The pilot intentionally collided with trees during the forced landing to cushion the fall.…
- [NTSB MKC82DA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA080.md): Bell 47G-2 · Osage Beech, MO · Accident · No injuries · Final report · May 15, 1982 · N208B · Destroyed
  > Shortly after the helicopter cleared the helipad the pilot noticed that although he had the cyclic positioned in the full forward position against the stop the airspeed was gradually decaying. The pilot then removed his seatbeat and moved forward. Along with…
- [NTSB FTW82DA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA073.md): Bell 47G · Dallas, TX · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Feb 28, 1982 · N1773 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot attempted to land on a narrow flatbed trailer. He stated that he encountered some buffeting from the wind funneling between two hangars. On his third attempt to position the helicopter on the trailer, the right skid slipped off. The main rotor…

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1982
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1181002'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1181002&year=1982

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