# NTSB FTW66A0025: Bell 47G2A, N73259, Arnegie, OK, September 2, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 2, 1965
- Place: Arnegie, OK · ARNEGIE, OK
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 29, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 176330
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW66A0025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW66A0025

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0554   65/9/2    ARNEGIE OKLA        BELL 47G2A          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1040                    N73259              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  AGE 53, 14597 TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, 59 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: HOVERING
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
                                  DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM
        REMARKS- ACFT BEING FLOWN TO STATIC DISPLAY POINT AT FAIR
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N73259](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73259-1968-04-08), registration cancelled 1968-04-08, S/N 2724 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G2A
- Registry model: [Bell 47G-2A](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-2a) (registry code 1181012) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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.

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