# NTSB UNK66X0156: Bell 47G-5, N8574F, Episkopi, Greece, July 12, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 12, 1966
- Place: Episkopi, Greece · EPISKOPI, Greece
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 121389
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK66X0156
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK66X0156

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0050  66/7/12    EPISKOPI GREECE     BELL 47G-5          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE
        TIME - 1247                    N8574F              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   31, 3400 TOTAL HOURS, 15
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF GREECE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8574F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8574F-2013-05-13), registration cancelled 2013-05-13, S/N 7807, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G-5
- Registry model: [Bell 47G-5](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-5) (registry code 1181032) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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