# NTSB UNK65X0949: Bell 47G4, N73996, Bedminster, NJ, December 7, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 7, 1964
- Place: Bedminster, NJ · BEDMINSTER, NJ
- Location: 40.6743° N, 74.6605° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bedminster, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6743&lon=-74.6605&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 10, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180646
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0949
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0949

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0837   64/12/7   BEDMINSTER NJ       BELL 47G4           CR-  0  0  2  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 41, 1509
        TIME - 1445                    N73996              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SOMERSET
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N73996 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G4
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Somerset

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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