# NTSB investigations: Bell 47G-2A-1, TX

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 FTW82IA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82IA268.md): Bell 47G2A1 · Near Mertzon, TX · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jul 3, 1982 · N73983 · Minor damage
  > While the aircraft was being hovered low and slow around a water trough, directional control was lost. The pilot autorotated to the ground and on touchdown the right skid buckled and the tailrotor gearbox separated when it struck an ant hill. The pilot…
- [NTSB FTW77DA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77DA041.md): Bell 47G2A1 · Laredo, TX · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Mar 15, 1977 · N8417E · Destroyed
- [NTSB FTW76FRG91](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76FRG91.md): Bell 47G2A1 · Freer, TX · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 6, 1976 · N8417E · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW76FRG07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76FRG07.md): Bell 47G-2A · Freer, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Closed · Jul 20, 1975 · N8417E · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW70DPD12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW70DPD12.md): Bell 47G4 · Stamford, TX · Accident · No injuries · Closed · May 21, 1970 · N73979 · Substantial damage

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'TX' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1181014'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1181014&state=TX

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